Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right

  • From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:08:06 -0700

Roger,

thanks for the good-natured and well-intentioned assistance so far, and 
thanks to the other listers who've tried to help, too. I was starting to 
suspect I had done something awfully wrong and no one was noticing. I tried 
that shorter exec file name the first time, then I corrected its spelling, 
then I tried the longer filename that begins with a path, and this, and 
that, until my head was spinning.

Well, it seemed like a nice, helpful thing to have available in case neither 
Insert F4 nor Insert Win F4 would properly unload Jaws after it's fallen 
silent. And it seemed like such a simple matter. Just create this batch 
file, put it wherever you please, send a shortcut to the desktop, create a 
hotkey to activate it, and that's that. but no. I thought we got it straight 
some time ago that not all of us were using XP Pro, and so the later 
suggestions and batch files came from people who  I presumed were providing 
help specifically to the XP Home user. Maybe I misunderstood something about 
that?

Well, I look forward to finding a solution so I can set this sort of thing 
up. Thanks again for the support.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Levine" <rlstation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right


Hi Again,
I tryed these approaches on my XP Home machine, but I also had no luck.  My
checking out the tskill program indicates the correct functional area, but
my technical level is coming up short.  I thought I had a solution but we
will have to wait for more advanced help.  This command works perfectly on
my XP Pro machine.  I will stay tuned.
Roger
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right


> Well, this was supposed to be for XP home according to the lister who
> provided it, as I recall. As far as placement goes, I put the batch file
> in
> my c:\jaws folder (not a program folder, just one I maintain myself for
> keeping a lot of jaws related stuff). The properties hotkey tab says it's
> targeted to that location.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: killjaws.bat, not sure if I did it right
>
>
>
> I can tell you that for me, Kill Jaws works under normal circumstances as
> well as JAWS hang-ups.  I have no problem with the hot key I created, but
> again, I'm using XP Pro, so things may be different for XP Home.  Be sure
> your shortcut target address is correct.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:30 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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