I'll try that when I get back to that laptop tomorrow. Thanks as always for your continued help. Hopefully, I'll be as helpful someday to others as you guys have been to me lately. Tom Behler in Colorado ----- Original Message ----- From: "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:39 AM Subject: RE: notepad saga continued tom, i just made a shortcut for word pad on my desktop and it opened the word pad app. throw the one for word pad away on your desktop and then go to start programs accesseries and arrow to wordpad and hit the apps key and arrow to send to and right arrow and arrow to desktop as shortcut and hit enter and it is there. > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of tom behler > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 08:40 > To: jaws users e-mail list > Subject: notepad saga continued > > Hi, all. > > Well my notepad shortcut access saga continues, but I have made an > unexpected discovery that may help diagnose the situation. > > Currently, according to HK detective, I now have no shortcuts on this > machine for notepad. > > On a whim, I tried accessing notepad directly, and when I hit enter on > the > selection, it immediately went to "my computer" on the desktop. I then > tried doing the same thing with Wordpad, and got the same result. > > > Notepad and Wordpad are under accessories, so somehow, those > applications > are being directed to "my computer" and the desk top. > > Does anyone know how to correct this issue? > > If so, I think I actually may be on the way to solving this troubling > problem. > > Thanks as always! > > Tom Behler in Colorado > > -- > 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 -- 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