I've actually tried Windows D. The problems seems to be becoming more
complicated. I thought it was the Nero Indexing Service playing weird
things with my computer and it still might be. It looks at everything
and tries to index the multimedia files so you can look at them all
through Windows Explorer. I uninstalled that program and reinstalled
it and it was fine until about six this evening. I'm no longer
getting the Nero Indexing service error, but Window-Eyes lost the
desktop again. I'll be working and all of a sudden, Chip, i can't hit
start, I can go nowhere. I have speech and all but can go nowhere.
I'd uninstalled Window-Eyes through the Emergency removal
tool on the disk and reinstalled. It worked up until six this
evening. For no apparent reason, I was stuck unable to go anywhere.
It's like you're locked. Yet, I could actually close down
Window-Eyes, but when I'd reload it, still the same problem.
I tried another screen reader and no problem.
So, I did the emergency uninstall again and just installed
the CD of Window-Eyes 7.5.1 and not the 7.5.1.4 upgrade. It is
totally possible that I have a corrupted upgrade, because how many
times can you install the downloaded upgrade? At Any rate, so far.
But when they cloned this drive, all the errors are back and
then some. That particular with the desktop was never there until now.
Take care and thanks,
Brenda
mailto:[email protected]
At 08:32 PM 6/3/2012, you wrote:
I believe this can be caused by a Windows problem (as well as Marvin's
explanation). Try using windows-D to get to your desktop; when this problem
happens to me, windows-D always solves the issue.
I think the problem is that windows-M, which many people use, minimizes the
windows but doesn't force Windows to put the focus anywhere. Most of the
time the focus ends up on the desktop, but not always. Windows-D forces the
focus to go to the desktop.
If it doesn't fix things for you, then I'd follow Marvin's advice, but I
suspect it will.
hth,
Chip
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meadowlark77 [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:56 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: something is causing the desktop to virtually disappear
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm running Window-Eyes 7.5.4.1. They reinstalled
> Windows on this system from ground up but then cloned the
> stuff on my hard drive. The desktop will suddenly disappear.
> Well, not exactly, but you can't read the list that's in the
> folders. It'll show:
>
> No selected Item. If I click on it, I'll get nothing. If I
> try and move the mouse pointer to click on it, it'll say:
>
> Cannot route mouse pointer to list view. The only way I seem
> to be able to bring it back again is to reboot. I can't
> unload and reload Window-Eyes and it come back. When
> Window-Eyes comes up after a reload, I still cannot see the
> desktop. What? Has anybody had this?
>
> I'm running Windows Xp Pro with all the latest fixes and stuff.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Brenda
>
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