Hi, Annabelle. I'm not sure how these things happen, but, as we use JAWS, sometimes files are overwritten, and sometimes they are overwritten incorrectly. One other thing you could try is the following.
Put JAWS temporarily into Default alternate user directory mode. This can be accomplished in the following way,
1. Press INSERT plus SPACE to enter layered commands.
2. Press the letter Z. JAWS will say,
Default alternate user directory mode
It will also unload any modifications you have made to the default settings in JAWS. Because of this, JAWS may begin speaking slower or with a different voice.
Now that JAWS is in Default alternate user directory mode, open one of the programs that was giving you trouble with the classic "Taskbar And Start Menu" Settings, and see if the trouble continues in this mode. If it does not keep happening, the problem was caused by something that was changed in the JAWS settings. If the problem continues in this mode, it is a problem occuring with JAWS, even in its default state.
Now, to exit Default alternate user directory mode,
1. Press INSERT plus SPACE to enter layered commands.
2. Press the letter Z. JAWS will say,
Default alternate user directory mode off.
If the problem was absent when Default alternate user directory mode was active, I would suggest a clean reinstall of JAWS, if the repair does not work.
Bill White
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I wonder how that even started happening. I mean, JAWS has never done this before.
Hi again, Annabelle. If it doesn't happen with NVDA or Narrator, I would be led to believe that it is a problem with the current version of JAWS, or that JAWS may need to be repaired as I previously suggested.
It doesn't seem to happen with NVDA or Narrator.
Hi, Annabelle. This doesn't sound exactly like any other Windows problem I've run into. Have you used another screen reader such as Narrator or NVDA to see if the problem occurs with those screen readers? It could be a JAWS problem that could be fixed by using the JAWS installer for your current version of JAWS to do a JAWS repair.
I'm having trouble accessing the classic "Taskbar And Start Menu" settings in Windows 10. Every time I press enter on "Taskbar and Start Menu", I'm taken to the new version made in "Settings". Unfortunately that version is not easy to access with screenreaders like JAWS. I wish there was a way that I could access classic parameters made for earlier versions of Windows, as they are more suitable for the sight challenged. Specifically I'm trying to turn off the parameter to "Click on submenus when I pause on them", as it drives me mad! If someone could please make a registry key for me, I would kindly appreciate it! Thank you!
