Hi Sharon, Well, I went to check my Windows 10computer, and I don't have that showing any more either! LOL Beats the heck out of me where it went, but below are the steps I used to make Jaws report the safe to remove message. I know the steps below work in Windows 10 Pro, but I don't know if they'll work in other versions of Windows 10. Thanks again to, Fernando, for the steps below:
From: Fernando Gregoire Hi Mike and all, If the confirmation message appears on the screen but JAWS is not saying it, perhaps it's helpful to know that in Windows 10 balloons was replaced with toasts, which like notifications in the Action Center are handled by the ShellExperienceHost process, too unstable like most UWP apps and areas, unfortunately increasing. JAWS 17 and newer have a verbosity setting concerning Windows 10 notifications, but it is not as accurate as balloon reading, which was being developed since Windows XP. If you have Windows 10 Pro, there's a group policy which allows to use balloons instead of new toast notifications. Try the steps below: 1. Press WINDOWS+R, type the following and then press ENTER: gpedit.msc 2. In the Tree view arrow down to, User Configuration, right arrow to open, down arrow to, Administrative Templates, right arrow to open, down arrow to, Start Menu and Taskbar. 3. When you reach Start Menu and Taskbar, tab to the list view. In the list view, find the following policy: Disable showing balloon notifications as toasts 4. Press ENTER to open the properties of this policy, tab to the group of radio buttons and change from, Not Configured, to, Enabled, tab to, Okay, and press enter. 5. When finished, restart the computer for this change to take effect. By the way, File Explorer and other system and third-party apps which previously shown balloons will do that exactly as in prior Windows versions, including JAWS ability to simulate a left mouse click. Hope it helps! Fernando ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon S To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware Message, Possible Fix Hi, I have just gone through your instructions and can't find the last option. There is nothing in my task bar options that sounds at all like what you have suggested. I have been having the same problem as you with the reporting of safe to remove. This is on my acer laptop and work computer both running latest Jaws and windows ten. Thanks. >From Shaz. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2018 6:24 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware Message, Possible Fix Hi Again All, Okay, by doing the following Jaws will report the safe to remove message, although not consistently. I knew I had a note about this somewhere because this also happens in Widows 7, and this is how I fixed it: 1. Windows key + I, to open Settings, Navigate to Personalization, and press enter. 2. Go to, Taskbar, press enter, tab to, Notification Area, Select which icons appear on the taskbar Link, and press enter. 3. Tab to, Windows host process (Rundll32) Button, press the spacebar to check this option, and you should now hear Jaws report it's safe to remove.... after pressing enter on a drive from the Safely Remove Hardware icon. Please let me know if the steps work for anyone else. Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike B. To: Jaws-Users List Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2018 11:49 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Safe To Remove Hardware Message Hi All, Running Widows 10 Pro Version 1803 (OS Build 17134.81) with Jaws 16 thru J2018 latest. Whenever I want to eject / remove an external harddrive I click on the system tray icon, choose the device, and press enter on it, but Jaws doesn't report the following: Safe To Remove Hardware: The 'USB Mass Storage Device' device can now be safely removed from the computer. Can anyone tell me how to get Jaws to report the message above? Or, what setting is supposed to be activated to report the message above? All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks mooy moocho. Take care. Mike. Go Dodgers! Sent from my iBarstool. Arguing with a woman is like reading a software license agreement. In the end you have to ignore everything, & click I agree. 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/
