killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right

  • From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:30:15 -0700

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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