Hi Again,I tryed these approaches on my XP Home machine, but I also had no luck. My checking out the tskill program indicates the correct functional area, but my technical level is coming up short. I thought I had a solution but we will have to wait for more advanced help. This command works perfectly on my XP Pro machine. I will stay tuned.
Roger----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:23 AM Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
Well, this was supposed to be for XP home according to the lister whoprovided it, as I recall. As far as placement goes, I put the batch file inmy c:\jaws folder (not a program folder, just one I maintain myself for keeping a lot of jaws related stuff). The properties hotkey tab says it's targeted to that location.----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:56 AM Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right I can tell you that for me, Kill Jaws works under normal circumstances as well as JAWS hang-ups. I have no problem with the hot key I created, but again, I'm using XP Pro, so things may be different for XP Home. Be sure your shortcut target address is correct.----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:30 AM Subject: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it rightFollowing directions that were provided here, I created a file named killjaws.bat in a chosen folder using these lines: echo off taskkill /F /IM jfw.exe I went to the file and created a Desktop shortcut icon for it, using the Send To function. Then I went to the new icon, went into its properties, and created a hotkey for it so I could invoke the batch file next time Jaws lost speech. So far, so good. But when I pressed my hotkey combo, nothing happened. I checked to see if my hotkey had held, and it had. I went to the desktop, focused on the icon, and pressed Enter to activate it. Again, nothing happened.I did a restart in order to see if that might have been needed. It made nodifference. The only thing I can report helpfully is visual evidence I'm unable to make sense of. And that is, when I activate this shortcut, a small dark rectangle I assume to be some sort of notification flashes onto the screen and disappears, all within a fraction of a second. Even if I could read, and therefore wouldn't need Jaws in the first place, I probably couldn't see what this thing says because it flashes by so fast. So that doesn't help me describe what's going on. Does anyone have an idea what it is that's not working right? Could it be that you can't just exit Jaws this way in a normal situation, instead of unloading it with Insert F4? You have to be in a situation where Jaws loses speech? Thanks. -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact thelist owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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