Re: Kill JAWS Simplified
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:11:06 -0700
Dave,
I've set up the desktop shortcut. I'd like to use the hotkey combination
that I created for my first try. I deleted that icon, but I'll bet the
hotkey is still committed and I can't reuse it. Could you or someone remind
me of the command to use to get a look at all your hotkeys and be able to
delete one so you can reuse it? Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave 'SqueezeBox' Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:17 PM
Subject: Kill JAWS Simplified
Forget the batch file. Do this:
1. Use Windows Explorer to browse to the executable file in the system32
folder under windows.
2. Highlight either taskkill.exe or tskkill.exe or whatever is the spelling
for your version of windows.
3. Press the Application key (context menu).
4. Arrow down to "send to" and right arrow.
5. arrow down to "Desktop (create shortcut)" and press enter.
6. Close Explorer and go to the desktop.
7. Find the shortcut you just created.
8. Highlight that icon and press F2.
9. Give it a meaningful name, if desired and press Enter.
10. Again highlight the same icon and press Alt+Enter.
11. You'll be on the target (command) line. Press the End key to go to the
end of the command line.
12. press the spacebar to insert a blank space at the end and then type: /f
/im jfw.exe
13. Tab twice and set up a shortcut key if desired.
14. Press Enter to save the work.
That's it.
Use it from the desktop or with the shortcut key. No batch file needed.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bissett, Tom" <tom.bissett@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:59 PM
Subject: RE: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
That window now I remember we used to call the dos prompt and that's how
we work in it. The stuff you were seeing can be cleared by typing "cls"
I am sure you remember that command. Then the only thing you have below
the windows bar at the top is the dos prompt but it picks up the path
from your home folder "c:\documents and settings\yardbird".
The reason I suggested this approach was that when you execute your
batch file any errors will remain in the window rather than just opening
executing closing as when you run your batch from the short cut because
when the window closes you have know idea what happened.
I hope this clears it up a bit.
Tom Bissett
BMO Financial Group
Technology and Operations
Integrated Client Solutions
Tel: (416) 549-6514
E-Mail tom.bissett@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Yardbird
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 3:01 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
You're right. Exit worked. It just sounds, using jaws, as if what's in
that box is part of a folder tree view, and it was hard to imagine that
I could just type something, any more than I'd type something directly
onto the screen when I'm in Windows Explorer. Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bissett, Tom" <tom.bissett@xxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:25 AM
Subject: RE: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
Type "exit" and the command prompt will close propperly
Tom Bissett
BMO Financial Group
Technology and Operations
Integrated Client Solutions
Tel: (416) 549-6514
E-Mail tom.bissett@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Yardbird
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:59 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
And how do you get out of that command box or whatever it is? It's not
as if I can't alt f 4 out of it to do other things, but I'd like to just
exit it properly. Do I have to be careful not to type or delete anything
in it?
What's its purpose? Why was I recommended to launch it?
----- Original Message -----
From: "RAWest" <rawest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:29 AM
Subject: RE: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
To open the command prompt in the run dialog type cmd and press enter.
I believe it is also in all programs, accessories
Robert
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-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Yardbird
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:55 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
Roger,
By "replace" you mean correct the spelling? Thanks, but I just did and
that
didn't help, either. In fact, that window no longer flashes when I click
on
the icon. Here is the corrected line from the batch file, which as I
said, I
copied directly from what was provided early in the thread by someone. I
deleted the "a" from the filename:
:
tskkill /F /IM jfw.exe
Maybe one of the other suggestions that were provided in this thread
uses a
path to the file? Because I believe one version of this that I saw
earlier
includes a path under c:\ involving a few numeraals. So please look
again at
the above line and consider that it might give the batch file incorrect
directions?
Thanks. I wish I could remember the more complex filename I saw for this
file earlier, but I can't.
long a different path
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Levine" <rlstation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
Hi,
If you are using XP home, then replace "taskkill" with "tskill". After
you
have tryed this, let us know.
Good Luck,
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
> Following 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 no
> difference. 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.
>
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