Maybe you can try going into the task manager and ending the program that way. Jaws usually responds well when you do that, but I know it can be a pain to find the end program button sometimes, especially when Jaws is slow to respond. I hope that helped. On 8/30/08, Marcus Williams <marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I use a program called Amberlit to convert .lit files into text, rtf, html > and so on. > Occasionally, a file causes the program to misbehave and a message stating > the program needs to close. > The problem is that JAWS will go silent and it is difficult to figure out > how to know if I'm on the "end program" button. > If there's something I can do that doesn't involve turning off my computer, > I sure would like to know. > > Marcus