Ah Mike, gotyou. Wasn't aware that icon setting had to be showing b4 the
message is announce.
Thanks for the explanation.
See, I'm not only displaying laziness, my head is abit hard too. :lol:
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike B.
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 8:31 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware, Not Being Announced By
Jaws, A Possible Fix, Redone
Hi David & Subash,
Let me try this again. I' wasn't being clear in my first 2 attempts, so
let's try this way:
These notes are for Windows 7 & Jaws. I'm only going to be talking about a
particular message, & why it doesn't get read by Jaws, not discussing
various methods of ejecting / removing various types of drives.
Let me try explaining this another way. Whether you eject drives using the,
Eject, option from the context menu, file menu, or the Safe To Remove
Hardware icon from the system tray, no matter which option you use, you will
get a Jaws dialog telling you, for example,
Safe To Remove Hardware: The 'CORSAIR32 (E:)' device can now be safely
removed from the computer, Removeable Disk E
But, if you don't get a message similar to the one above when ejecting /
removing an external drive or flashdrive using any of the eject or safely
remove hardware options, this is due to an icon setting in Taskbar
properties. The icon below is the culprit.
Windows host process (Rundll32) Combo box
If the icon above is set to, Hide Icon In Notifications, then Jaws will not
read the,
Safe To Remove Hardware: The 'CORSAIR32 (E:)' device can now be safely
removed from the computer, Removeable Disk E
or similar message when ejecting / removing drives. Remember, I'm only
talking about this particular message, & why it doesn't get read by Jaws,
not discussing various methods of ejecting / removing various types of
drives.
Now, if Jaws does not announce the message I'm talking about this is what I
did to fix the problem when all my other settings were correct.
1. I open Taskbar properties this way. Press, Windows key, to open the
Start menu, press, Escape, to highlight the, Start button, press, Alt +
Enter, to open Taskbar & Start Menu properties.
2. When opened you are on, Taskbar properties, so tab several times, to
Notification Area Customize... button, & press the spacebar to open. Wait a
couple of seconds for the icon list to populate.
3. Tab to, Windows host process (Rundll32) Combo box, arrow up / down to
either, Show Icon In Notifications, or Only Show Notifications. Either 1 of
these 2 settings will allow Jaws to read the safe to remove notification
4. Tab to, Okay, press the spacebar, again tab to, Okay, & press enter to
save & close.
Take care.
Mike
Sent from my iBarstool.
Early to bed, early to rise, keep my iHemorrhoids from being a surprise.
----- Original Message -----
From: Subash
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware, Not Being Announced By
Jaws, A Possible Fix, Redone
I agree Dave, I am saving Mike's method as well, for my students who want to
do it this way.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Ferrin
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 7:59 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware, Not Being Announced By
Jaws, A Possible Fix, Redone
I don't think either way is better than the other. In my opinion so long as
you do one of them to safely remove your devices is all that matters.
FYI I do it your way as well, but I am going to save Mikes' method for
possible posting.
-----Original Message-----
From: Subash
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 6:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware, Not Being Announced By
Jaws, A Possible Fix, Redone
Hi Mike, for 'USB Mass Storage Device', here's what I normally do.
Windows key +E
R for the restore drive (if the device hasn't been named)
I then press the application key for the property
Then J for Safe To Remove Hardware.
btw, I've been told I do things the lazy way and I spread laziness. *grin*
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike B.
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 12:05 AM
To: Jaws-Users List
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware, Not Being Announced By Jaws,
A Possible Fix, Redone
Hi All,
I tried to make this less confusing than my original post. Hopefully I
succeeded.
I was hiding several icons in the notification area of the Taskbar
properties, & after doing so Jaws quit announcing the, Safe To Remove
Hardware: The 'USB Mass Storage Device' device can now be safely removed,
from the computer. , dialogue. The Safe To Remove hardware & Eject media
icon was showing in the system tray, but Jaws just wouldn't announce the,
Safe To Remove Hardware: The 'USB Mass Storage Device' device can now be
safely removed from the computer. ,dialogue after clicking on a drive I
wanted to remove. Below is what I did to fix it.
When attempting to remove drives from the system tray via the, Safely
Remove Hardware & Eject Media icon, in the system tray, & Jaws doesn't make
the,Safe To Remove Hardware: The 'USB Mass Storage Device' device can now be
safely removed from the computer. , announcement, & all your settings for
sounds are correct try the following:
1. Open the Taskbar properties, tab to the, Notification Area Customize
button, & press the spacebar to open.
2. Tab to the, Windows host process (Rundll32) Combo box icon, & if the,
Hide Icon And Notifications, is highlighted this is probably the most likely
reason Jaws isn't announcing the Safe To Remove Hardware dialogue.
3. Arrow up / down & highlight either the, Show Icon In Notifications, or
the, Only Show Notifications option.
4. Tab to, Okay, press the spacebar, again tab to, Okay, press enter to save
& close.
This happened to me & doing the above steps fixed the problem.
Take care.
Mike
Sent from my iBarstool.
Early to bed, early to rise, keep my iHemorrhoids from being a surprise.
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