Good ideas. I may first try the install. Judy
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Charles Adkins Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 11:25 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Winamp taking forever to open. Maybe this territory has already been covered. But, have you tried a complete uninstall and re-install? Have you tried opening with another screen-reader? If you can re-crute some working eyes, I'd be curious if Winamp takes as long to load without any screen-reader running? Just some thoughts. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 26, 2017, at 1:00 PM, Judy Jones <sonshine...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nope, it wouldn't open from the context menu either. > > Judy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] > On Behalf Of JM Casey > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 8:58 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Winamp taking forever to open. > > Can you try opening Winamp from the context menu and see if that goes > any better? Once the programme is open you can use the playlist editor > and so on as usual, although I find that in Windows 10 JAWS always > seems to lose focus somehow. I generally find, unless I am making huge > playlists, the best method now is to use the shell options from the > context menu (play in winamp, and the other option that lets you add > folders or files to your playlist). > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] > On Behalf Of Judy Jones > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 10:29 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Winamp taking forever to open. > > I have the icon on my desktop and opening it from there. > > Judy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] > On Behalf Of JM Casey > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 5:45 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Winamp taking forever to open. > > How are you opening winamp? Do you use the shell options? Do you > search for the programme in the search box, or use the run command? > I find winamp is generally slower on Windowws 10 than it was on Windows XP. > It also takes Windows a lot longer to power up my external USB drive, > but tha'ts not a winamp issue ... just that a lot of my music is on > there, and Windows shuts off the drive pretty much as soon as it's not > in use. This results sometimes in Winamp appearing to lag. . > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] > On Behalf Of Judy Jones > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 3:34 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Winamp taking forever to open. > > I have not made any changes to my computer, but I am suddenly finding > that Winamp is taking quite a long time to open, which is not normally the case. > I have seen this behavior in the past, but went away once I restarted > my computer. However today, after restarting, the first time I open > up Winamp it readily opens, but any time after that it is very slow to comply. > > > > Has anyone else seen this behavior and have a fix? I am running > Winamp Classic and open to the main window. I am running Windows 10 Creator. > > > > Judy > > > > 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/ 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/
