Are these applications showing up in the "window list dialogue" when you do a JAWS key + F9? AS I stated before if I have no applications running(open), JAWS gives me the exact message you describe when I tab to the task bar from the desktop. If I have at least one application like Word open, then when I tab to the task bar JAWS says task bar and then the first application that is open followed by the to move thru items message, not the running applications message you say you are getting. Maybe you have to many items open for it to work properly, see what happens with only 1 or 2 applications running. Doug Billiar natemaster@xxxxxxxxxxx -- 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