QUESTION :
Is there a way to quickly get the result of an expression in the Start > Run command input?
For example, if I wanted to get the result of (5+9)*79
I’d like to be able to press ⊞ Win + R, enter the expression and get the result.
Are there any lightweight utilities that can do this?
ANSWER :
Launchy has a bundled calcy plugin, which can do what you want.
There’s also MathyResurrected plugin for more advanced calculations
I don’t think you can do everything from the Run command window, but you could open a Command Prompt (cmd) from there and then execute the set
command
set /a (5+9)*79
Just did a search, you could pass everything to cmd and run this from the Run command window
cmd /k set /a (5+9)*79