I'm late on this, but it still befuddles me, after all these years, why FS
decided to remove the repair option from the Jaws submenu. It used to be,
maybe back as far as Jaws 6 or so, where that was available.
To me, since this is a cause of endless consternation and confusion, a
customer-focused company might think about restoring that ability.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] New JAWS repair method
These are the same steps that they've used for a long time. Here they are
typed out in detail:
The steps below are the best, most in depth, and most thorough way of
repairing Jaws according to Freedom Scientific Tech Support.
Note; jaws11 is the example, however, these steps will work for all
versions
of JAWS.
1. Place a copy of the Jaws executible version that you want to repair
into
the main root of the " C " drive. For example; If you are running Jaws11
most recent you would paste a copy of " J11.0.1430-32bit.exe " into the
main
root of the " C " drive. To open the main root of the " C " drive, go to
the desktop, press enter on My Computer, press enter on Local disk C, and
now you have the main root of the " C " drive open.
2. With the Jaws " .exe " pasted into the "C" drive, highlight the " .exe
", and press F2 as if you were going to edit this line of text. now press
control + C to copy this Jaws executible, press escape to close the edit
field, and press Alt + F4 to close the C drive.
What you want to do is place just the title of the Jaws version into the
Windows Run Dialogue box and not the file. If you were to place the Jaws
executible into the Run box without copying as you did as per the
instructions above you would have pasted the whole file into the Run Box
instead of just the title.
3. Now that you have just the title copied to the clipboard, press Windows
key + R to open the Run Dialogue Box. Type, remember to type a capitalC
,"
C:\ " without the quotes or
spaces and press control + V to paste the Jaws title, press your end key
to
take the cursor to the end of the title and type in the following " /type
repair" without the quotes but, with the spaces . Below is what your line
of text should look / read like.
C:\J11.0.1447-32bit.exe /type repair
Read character by character to make sure you have put in the proper
spaces,
Forward & back slashes and text. press the home key to go to the front of
the title and press enter to start the repair.
Take care.
Mike
Sent from my iBarstool.
----- Original Message -----
From: Adrian Spratt
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 12:32 PM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] New JAWS repair method
Hi. I'm writing to explain the new JAWS repair method I learned today from
VFO. Previously, I'd taken the file of the currently running JAWS build,
put
it in the C drive, copied the exact wording into a Windows run dialog,
etc.
this procedure failed twice for me today. VFO seems to know about this
because when I called, they had me follow the procedure I'll detail below,
and it worked. I don't know why it is different, but somehow it is. So,
here
goes.
First, make sure you have the .exe file on your system for the JAWS build
you're running. You can download it from the FS/VFO website.
Unlike before, it doesn't seem to matter where you keep it on your system.
Close all running apps.
Highlight the JAWS .exe file.
Press shift-F10.
Arrow up to "Copy as path." Press enter.
Open the run dialog with Windows key-r.
Press control-v, then spacebar, then / (the forward slash key), then the
word "type", spacebar, and then the word "repair."
Let me try that command line a different way. After pressing control-v
followed by the spacebar, continue with
/type repair
Then press enter.
The process went more smoothly than any JAWS repair I can remember, and it
went all the way to the end.
I hope this is useful.
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