Windows: Keyboard shortcut to view calendar

Question

Is there a keyboard shortcut to bring up the calendar in Windows 7? I am referring to the calendar that is displayed if you click on the date-time display in the system tray. If that is not possible, is there any trick to display any calendar (with current date highlighted) with a keyboard shortcut?

Answer 1

I could not find any direct way to do this. Instead, I added the Calendar gadget in Windows 7 and created a AutoHotKey script to show or hide Gadgets (and thus Calendar) whenever needed when a keyboard shortcut (Win+G) was pressed. The AHK script to do this can be found here and more details on it here.

Answer 2

You can bring up the Date and Time window, which comes up when you click on the Change date and time settings..., with a shortcut key by doing the following:

1. On the desktop (or any folder) right click an empty location and click New then Shortcut.

2. For the location type timedate.cpl. Click next, enter any name you prefer. Then click Finish.

3. Now right click the new shortcut and click Properties. In the Shortcut key: text box type any key you would like for the shortcut.