Hmm. try sorting the start by name. when you are in the start menu hit your apps key and hit b for sort by name, or arrow to it, and hit enter.
SA&G : Hi, : : In the start menu tab, the radio button for classic was already : checked. : : When I hit enter on the customize button, : : Expand My Documents-OFF : Expand My Pictures-OFF : Expand Network Connections-OFF : Expand Printers-OFF : Scroll Programs-OFF : Show Small Icons in Start menu-OFF : Use Personalized Menus-ON : : In the task bar tab : : Lock the taskbar is checked : Auto-hide the taskbar is not checked : Keep the taskbar on top of other windows is checked : Group similar taskbar buttons is not checked : Show Quick Launch is checked : Show the clock is checked : hide inactive icons is not checked : : I don't know if it has anything to do with the current problem, : but the : only way I've found of getting to the control panel is via settings : in the : start menu. I could swear control panel was listed along with drive : a, : local disk (C drive) on the desktop when I hit enter on My Computer, : but : there's no item for it with the new hard drive and I'd like to get it : back : since that's where I'm used to finding it when I go to add/remove : programs. : : Thanks, : : Margaret : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:50 PM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Programs sub-Menu Inconsistent Re: : ItemsDisappearedfrom Desktop : : : Hi Margaret, : It sounds like you are useing the XP start menu. : You can change this by going to the control panel, and selecting task : bar : and start menu. : When this opens, choose the start menu tab, and make your changes : there. : HTH, : ----- Original Message ----- : From: Margaret Thomas : To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 5:19 PM : Subject: [JAWS-Users] Programs sub-Menu Inconsistent Re: Items : Disappearedfrom Desktop : : : Hi All, : : I'm still trying to configure things on the new XP hard drive : to my : liking and to set them up the way they acted on the old hard drive. : One : item is giving me fits and I hope someone can tell me which item in : the : instructions for configuring XP Home with SP 2 to work best with : JAWS : needs : to be changed or can help me understand what my tech did. : : One problem is that when I want to go to items in the Programs : sub-menu, : JAWS announces Accessories unavailable submenu at least half the : time and : first letter navigation in programs is iffy. If For example, a few : minutes : ago, pressing J only announced JFW 7.1 and 8.0 even though other : versions : of : JAWS are on the machine. : : The following items are in the start menu when I hit the : Windows key: : Microsoft Update : New Office Document : Open Office Document : Set Program Access and Defaults : Windows Catalog : Windows Update : Programs : Documents : Settings : Search : Help and Support : Run... : Log Off MARGARET... : : When I get the accessories unavailablee sub-menu and arrow down : I get : Inachis : JAWS 7.10 : JAWS 8.0 : Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal : Outlook Express : Windows Media Player ----- Original Message ----- : : If I up arrow , I get Windows Movie Maker and if I down arrow 1 : time, I : get : the accessories submenu spoken correctly with : : Accessibility : Communications : Entertainment : System Tools : Address Book : Calculator : Command Prompt : Notepad : Paint : Program Compatibility Wizard : Remote Desktop Connection : Scanner and Camera Wizard : Synchronize : Tour Windows XP : Windows Explorer : : : listed in it : : Right arrowing to open it doesn't always work. : : I finally had a sighted person here this morning to see if she : could : tell what was going on, but something if messed up with my setup : and the : monitor only worked with the 98 machine and nothing showed on the : monitor : with the XP running. : : IE 7 is on the XP. : : Any help in getting this straightened out would be greatly : appreciated. : : Margaret : : : : From: "Margaret Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: "jaws-users" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:14 AM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Items Disappeared from Desktop : : : Sarah, : : That did the trick. I noticed that a bunch of items in "All : Users" : had : also disappeared and started your instructions at "C" to do the : whole hard : drive. : : Do you know if the radio button for Open each folder in the same : window : or Open each folder in its own window should be checked? The : original : instructions I had to configure XP to use with JAWS didn't mention : it and : I : think it's partly where I ran amuck. Open each folder in the same : window : is : checked at the moment. : : Thanks again, : : Margaret : : : "Sarah" wrote: : : : Hello. You need to show hidden files and folders to see all of the : folders : and files in the username folder. You need to go to : tools/folder options and go to the next tab over and shift tab to : the tree : and hit s for show hidden files and folders and hit : space to turn that on. : : SA&G : : : Hi Joseph, : : : : I got the files for the scrip in the right place using your : : instructions. I haven't tried the application yet to see if they : : "took" : : since I should be fresh to tackle it. : : : : As far as your instructions for JAWS and XP, WMP 11 is the : only : : player : : installed on the machine. I'm not sure I'm finding the option to : : change : : file types and what to do with if I'm in the right place. I did : find : : something about file types under the tools and options. The only : : thing I've : : done with WMP 11 is to burn a couple of CD's and that was before : the : : new : : hard drive was installed and it might need to be configured to : work : : best : : with JAWS. I did find an item in the menus for classic menus and : : things are : : now slightly more familiar, but I really have no idea what I'm : doing : : in the : : program and things are messed up enough now, so any detailed : : instructions : : would really be appreciated to avoid fouling things up even more. : : : : Thanks, : : : : Margaret : : : : : : "Joseph Lee" wrote: : : : : : : Hi Margaret, : : 1. Script installation: : : a. Find the script files (everything) then copy it to clipboard : : (CTRL plus c). : : b. Go to Start Menu/Programs/JAWS 7.1/Explore/Explore My : : Settings. You should land at the location where JAWS has script : : files. : : c. Press CTRL plus v to paste the script files. : : You should restart JAWS before the scripts can take effect. : : 2. XP Home and JAWS: the information presented here is accurate. : : Follow it and you should use JAWS efficiently. : : 3. File association: this problem is caused by what's called : : "file association" issue i.e. to associate a file type with a : : program. Go to the program which the wave sound (wav) was : : registered as file type (possibly Winamp). Go to the location : : where you can see settings for that media player and you should : : see an option to change file types. Check to see if wav is : : checked. Or you might want to reinstall this media player and it : : should work from there. : : Cheers, : : Joseph : : : :> ----- Original Message ----- : :>From: "Margaret Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] : :>To: "jaws-users" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : :>Date sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:48:10 -0400 : :>Subject: [JAWS-Users] Items Disappeared from Desktop : : : :>Hi All, : :> I went to install some JAWS scripts this afternoon and : : discovered that a : :>whole slew of items are missing from my XP Home with SP2 desktop. : : : :> The path should be : : : :>C:\Documents and Settings\Margaret\Application Data\Freedom : :>Scientific\JAWS\7.10\Settings\enu : : : :> All there is in Margaret is : : : : : :>Desktop : :>Favorites : :>My Documents : :>Start Menu : : : :>none of which belong there. Applicacation Data is not there and : : any number : :>of other items. : : : :> Yesterday, I was trying to configure XP for best use with : : JAWS since : :>some things were still not the way they were on my old hard drive : : before my : :>machine went to the shop and my tech installed a new hard drive : : and programs : :>were re-installed and configured. I was trying to follow the : : instructions : :>in an old post: : :>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :>Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 5:12 PM : :>Subject: Re: jfw 5.1 xp settings : : : :>Here is the info. The link can be found on the jfw lite page : : under helpful : :>hints, I believe. : :>For your convenience though, here is the actual document from : : Freedom : :>Scientific's web site. : :>Windows XP and JAWS : : : :>This topic discusses settings changes we recommend you make when : : using JAWS : :>in Windows XP Home or Professional. You must be logged in with : :>administrative rights to make several of these changes. : : : :>Many of these settings are changed within Control Panel. To open : : Control : :>Panel, press the WINDOWS KEY to open the Start Menu, move to : : Control Panel, : :>and press ENTER. Depending on your system settings, Control : : Panel either : :>opens : :>in a separate window, or the Control Panel items open as a : : sub-menu. : : : :>We recommend making changes in the following areas: : :>.. Display Properties : :>.. Folder Options : :>.. Start Menu : :>.. Windows Explorer : :>.. System Performance : : : :>Display Properties : : : :>1. From the Control Panel, move to "Display" and press Enter. : :>2. From the themes combo box, select Windows XP. : :>3. In the List of backgrounds on the Desktop page, choose Bliss. : :>4. Set Position to "Stretch". : :>5. In the Screen Saver combo box on the Screen Saver page, press : : HOME to : :>select none. : :>6. On the Appearance page, set Windows and Buttons to Windows : : classic style. : :>7. Set Color Scheme to Windows Standard. : :>8. Set Font to normal. : :>9. Close the dialog. : : : :>Note: After making these changes, the Display page Themes combo : : box says : :>"Modified Theme". : : : :>Folder Options : :>1. From the Control Panel, press ALT+T to go to the Tools menu : :>2. Press O for Folder Options. : :>3. From the Tasks radio button group, select Use Windows Classic : : folders : :>4. (Optional): : :>A. On the View page, move to the Advanced Settings tree view. : :>B. Clear the Hide Extensions For Known File Types check box. : :>C. If you also use screen magnification software, clear the Show : : pop-up : :>description for folder and desktop items check box. Pop up : : descriptions : :>often hides : :>the menu item just below any given menu item, making it : : impossible to : :>visually see the next item in the menu list. : :>D. Move to the Apply to All Folders button and press SPACEBAR. : :>E. Answer Yes to the dialog that comes up to acknowledge this : : change. : :>5. Move to the OK button in the Folder Options dialog box and : : press SPACEBAR : :>to close this dialog box. : : : :>Start Menu : :>1. From Control Panel, Move to Taskbar and Start menu and press : : ENTER. : :>2. From the Taskbar page, press ALT+G to move to and uncheck : : Group Similar : :>Taskbar Buttons. : :>3. Press ALT+H to move to and uncheck the check box for Hide : : inactive icons. : :>4. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Start Menu page. : :>5. Select Classic start menu. : :>6. Press ENTER to close this dialog box. : : : :>Windows Explorer : :>1. Press WINDOWS KEY+E to open Windows Explorer. : :>2. Press ALT+V to open the View menu. : :>3. Select "Arrange Icons by" and press ENTER to open the : : submenu. : :>4. Move to the menu item "Name" to arrange by Name, and Press : : ENTER to : :>select this and close the menus. : :>5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, and move to the item "Show in Groups." : : If it is : :>checked, press ENTER to uncheck it and close the menus. : :>6. Press ALT+T to open the Tools menu. : :>7. Press O to open the Folder Options Dialog. : :>8. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the View page. : :>9. Press SPACEBAR to activate the "Apply to all folders" button, : : and press : :>SPACEBAR on the YES button to acknowledge this change. : :>10. Move to the OK button and press SPACEBAR to close this : : dialog box. : : : :>System Performance : :>1. From the Control Panel, move to System and press ENTER to : : open the System : :>Properties Dialog. : :>2. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Advanced page. : :>3. Press ALT+S to activate the Performance Settings button. The : : Performance : :>Options Dialog opens. : :>4. Clear the following check boxes: : :>.. Animate Windows when Minimizing and Maximizing. : :>.. Slide open Combo Boxes. : :>.. Smooth-scroll List Boxes. : :>.. Use Visual Styles on Windows and Buttons. : :>5. Press ENTER to close the Performance Options dialog and : : return to the : :>System Properties dialog box. : :>6. Press ENTER to activate the OK button and close the System : : Properties : :>dialog box. : : : :> Earlier today, I got another .wav file I download to play : : when Windows : :>starts instead of the one it had been starting up with. : : : :> Any suggestions on how to get my desktop back the way it was : : would be : :>greatly appreciated. : : : :> Thank you, : : : :>Margaret : : : Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: : http://www.jaws-users.com : Address for the list archives: : http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : To post to this group, send email to : jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the : subject : or : body of a blank message to: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Use the following form in order to contact the management team : http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php : If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to : the : following address: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : : Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: : http://www.jaws-users.com : Address for the list archives: : http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : To post to this group, send email to : jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the : subject : or body of a blank message to: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Use the following form in order to contact the management team : http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php : If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to : the : following address: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: : http://www.jaws-users.com : Address for the list archives: : http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : To post to this group, send email to : jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the : subject or : body of a blank message to: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Use the following form in order to contact the management team : http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php : If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the : following address: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : : Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: : http://www.jaws-users.com : Address for the list archives: : http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : To post to this group, send email to : jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the : subject or body of a blank message to: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Use the following form in order to contact the management team : http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php : If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to : the following address: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
