[nfbcs] Computer not responsive to activating an app

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Perfect Curtis--right in there with you--Also make sure u change your
defaults of the internet and I took edge off of all my kids computers--cant
remove it but u can from the defaults so it opening is never an issue

Denise

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On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Curtis Chong via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Greetings:
>
>
> My cynical nature would guess that Microsoft is try9ng to force everyone
> to use Microsoft Edge<smile>. However, I do not want to make that claim
> without hard proof.
>
>
> The way I start Internet Explorer is simply to use the Windows Run command
> (Windows R), type iexplore, and press Enter. This seems to work best. In
> fact, I am one of those weird people who uses the run command whenever and
> wherever I can. Failing that, I try to place icons on my Desktop to speed
> up startup.
>
>
> Cordially,
>
>
> Curtis Chong
>
> On 9/30/2016 1:42 AM, Jim Portillo via nfbcs wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> Here's an interesting thing that  literally just began happening a few days
> ago, and I'm not sure why or what's going on.
>
>
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> I'm running Windows 10 and JAWS 17 and generally have no issues.
>
> Lately, I've tried running Internet Explorer so as to work on the internet.
> I hit my Windows key, type Internet, and it generally finds the Internet
> Explorer desktop app, which I've been using for a long time.
>
> However, when I hit enter to activate it, the way I've always done,
> absolutely nothing happens!  Never used to be that way.
>
> Now, if I try this with another app such as Outlook or Word or Firefox, and
> if I follow the same procedure, things work as they should and the app runs.
>
>
>
> Now, if I decide to "run" google or something, it will work and open with
> Internet Explorer.  Then I can work as normal.
>
>
>
> Also, one of the function keys on my keyboard is set to run Internet
> Explorer.  That no longer activates the app if I'm simply trying to get
> there initially.  .  However, if I'm already on the internet after having
> "run" a program like Google, then it works fine and opens up another
> instance of that app.
>
>
>
> I spent some time trying to figure this out before asking these questions.
> I do find it quite weird that this trouble only happens with one
> app.Internet Explorer.
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>
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim
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