Thank you TJ. After using your previous suggestion I could not get jaws to talk either through the run dialogue, nor through hotkey, nor through dumping jaws from the task manager. I launched Window Eyes and it of course worked. I also launched Narrator and it spoke just fine. Like I sated, a reboot was the only thing that would bring jaws back.
I have no idea what this code will do, but I will definitely hang on to your post and study it. Don't want to start shredding jaws or windows for such a simple task as unloading and reloading jaws. Andre ----- Original Message ----- From: "TJ McElroy gMail" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unloading jaws12 Andre, I am uncertain why you had to reboot to get Jaws to speak again. I am still using a 32 bit version of Windows, but I would have guessed that your control-alt-j hotkey would have worked. At any rate I have pasted a copy of the batch file that I use to backup my computer. It may help you with what you are trying to accomplish. If it does not, well no harm, no foul. /* @echo off rem kill / start jaws :_begin if /i "%1%" EQU "K" goto _kill if /i "%1%" EQU "/K" goto _kill if /i "%1%" EQU "S" goto _start if /i "%1%" EQU "/S" goto _start if /i "%1%" EQU "/?" goto _help goto _help :_kill rem stop jaws 11 "C:\Program Files\Freedom Scientific\Runtime JAWS\11.0\JFWKill.exe" goto _end :_start rem start jaws 11 "C:\Program Files\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\11.0\jfw.exe" goto _end :_help echo Jaws [ /k /s ] echo where /k = kill / unload jaws echo /s = start or restart jaws echo . :_end cd \ */ The batch file is currently setup for Jaws 11 on Windows 32. I am not sure that the paths are the same in Windows 64. HTH TJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unloading jaws12 > TJ. Just tried what you suggested below and running those files certainly > kills jaws. The problem is that it shuts it down and never brings it back. > My new question should thus be, how do I shut down jaws without killing > it? > (smile). > > To be specific, after hitting enter on the kill jaws file you suggested I > hit my jaws hotkey but I couldn't hear any sound. I launched narrator and > noticed there was a jaws entry in the task manger. I got rid of it, but > when > I hit my jaws key once again jaws would still not come up. I had to reboot > to get sound back. > > There has to be a better way. I'll keep looking. Thanks for the help. I > didn't know about this command. By the way, I tried this on a Windows 7 64 > bit home premium Dell. > > Andre > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TJ McElroy gMail" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Unloading jaws12 > > > Hello, > > Here is one of the ways that I shut down Jaws: > > ::begin: > "C:\Program Files\Freedom Scientific\Runtime JAWS\11.0\JFWKill.exe" > > You have to replace the "11.0" with your version of Jaws. > Example replayce "11.0" with "12.0" for Jaws version 12: > > "C:\Program Files\Freedom Scientific\Runtime JAWS\12.0\JFWKill.exe" > > HTH > TJ > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andre Williams" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:54 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Unloading jaws12 > > >> I'm looking for as many ways as possible for unloading jaws. I know I can >> use Insert+F4, but is there another way? In particular, I'm looking for a >> way of unloading jaws using the run dialogue. I'd really like some input >> on >> this so please help a brotha out. (Smile). >> Thanks, >> Andre >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
