if the task bar is occluded by another window or you have no apps running, you will have this issue. a work around if you do have apps open is jaws key+f10 just as jaws key+f11 is a work around in xp for the sys tray. ----- Original Message ----- From: "hf" <neep23@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:41 AM Subject: xp task bar Is there any reason why jaws would not read the task bar. I'm running Jfw 4.51, Windows xp home, when I'm on the task bar Jaws says"running applications task bar, to move through items press left or right arrows". When I do I just get blank. Please help. -- 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 -- 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