Ok, Adrian. I'll give these steps a try. Bill White has also sent me similar instructions.
Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-boun...@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt via Jfw Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 11:56 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Adrian Spratt Subject: RE: Safely Remove Hardware question Tom, It has been a few years since I followed this method, but I'm copying the steps below along with the annotations I made to myself. I believe the basic instructions come from David Bailes. If this doesn't work for you, please post again because there are other methods. how to reveal system tray icons in Win7. Open start menu properties with Win key, escape, alt-enter. In the first dialog, tab to and press the Notification Area Customize button. I found that the list of options appears when I shit-tabbed once. The first item there is "Always turn on all icons." I pressed the spacebar on it, then tabbed to Okay. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-boun...@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Tom Behler via Jfw Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 11:45 PM To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Cc: Tom Behler Subject: RE: Safely Remove Hardware question Adrian: I'm not finding the safe to remove option in my system tray when I access it with the jaws key and F11. I'm using Jaws 16 with Windows 7 here. I suppose I could just use the eject option in windows explorer via the application key and down arrows. But I'm now hearing that there is a difference between safely removing and ejecting a device. I'd like to find a single safe to remove option for removing a thumb drive or an external hard drive if that is available. Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-boun...@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt via Jfw Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 7:02 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Adrian Spratt Subject: RE: Safely Remove Hardware question I got the impression that Tom's system tray isn't showing the "safely remove" option. If that's the case, Tom, you might post again with that specific question. Several sets of instructions have been posted in the past on how to get JAWS to reveal it. Dave, I've heard much the same thing. But, ever nervous about corrupting files, I do the following: Close the window showing the drive of the SD card, etc., that I want to remove. (This is consistent with your closing all applications using that card, disc, etc.) Go to system tray with JAWS key+F11. Press s until "system tray" is verbalized. On my system (Win7, 64-bit), that's just one press. Press enter, then arrow down until the name of the item to be removed is spoken. Press enter again. Then JAWS verbalizes something like "Safe to remove" and I feel comfortable ejecting the item. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:jfw-boun...@lists.the-jdh.com] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson via Jfw Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 12:47 AM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Dave Carlson Subject: Re: Safely Remove Hardware question Tom, I've only used it once, and found it irritating and useless. When I copy or paste to a USB Thumb drive, I just wait until I'm able to navigate through the list of files on that drive, and then I know I can pull it out. If you're using an external disc or hard drive, you might want to make sure that there are no programs running that are accessing the drive before disconnecting -- that might be the one and only time I'd consider using the feature. Use JAWS+F11 to get to the system tray, arrow to "safe to remove" item and press enter. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Behler via Jfw" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> To: "Jaws users list" <jaws-users-l...@jaws-users.com>; "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <jfw@lists.the-jdh.com> Cc: "Tom Behler" <tombeh...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 07:35 PM Subject: Safely Remove Hardware question Hello, everyone. I am sure this may seem pretty elementary to some, but I actually have gotten varying opinions on the need to use the "safely remove hardware" option for USB devices such as USB thumb drives, and USB external hard drives. So, I have two questions: 1. Is it still necessary to invoke the "safely remove hardware" option when using any of these USB devices? I have heard that in later operating systems like Windows 7, this is not as necessary as it used to be. And 2. How does one easily get to the "safely remove hardware" option, if it would be a good idea for me to use it? 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