[nfbcs] A useful trick

[Doug Lee]

The solution that works 99% of the time for me is to use what I call
the emergency JAWS shutdown command, Insert+Windows+F4.  You should
get a small beep from your internal PC speaker when JAWS is unloaded
by this command.  Even if you don't hear that though, try reloading
JAWS a few seconds later.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 09:22:00AM -0500, Tracy Carcione wrote:
I forgot to say that sometimes Jaws just won't restart until I've resolved
the problem with the one that was running, usually by hitting "don't send"
or, sometimes, "end program".  I've sometimes tried 2 or 3 times to
restart Jaws, with no success, until I start NVDA and close the error
windows that aren't talking to me.
Tracy
> Hey Tracy,
>
> How is this different than simply assigning a shortcut key to JAWS so
> you can restart JAWS from the keyboard when it craps out?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 08:24:39AM -0500, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>> Lately, Jaws has been getting stuck or shutting down unexpectedly,
>> leaving
>> me with no idea what's happening.  But, following instructions on the
>> NVDA
>> website, I put NVDA on a flash drive with autolauncher.  When Jaws craps
>> out, I plug in my NVDA drive, and in a few seconds I have speech again
>> and
>> can figure out what the problem is.  I'm finding it very handy, and
>> thought I'd share.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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