Chris, for what it's worth, I have Jaws 7.1, and I use a braille display with Windows XP. From what I've been able to see, you're right; these programs literally disappear out of the system tray on my system also. I have no idea what causes this, and short of a reboot, I don't know any other way to get them back. The only thing I can suggest is that you do a disk cleanup and a defrag on a regular basis, and I don't think the disappearing act will happen as frequently. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:47 PM Subject: Items Disappearing from Windows XP system Tray? Hi folks. I'm using Jaws 10. Is there any way short of a reboot to get items in the System Tray to reappear? A related question, what would cause a program that is set to only show up in the System Tray, when run, not to show up there at all? I'm not sure if the items are there, or if Jaws is having trouble finding them. thanks for any suggestions, Chris -- 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 Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html 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/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html 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