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moderated question about updating Jaws
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Madison Martin
Hi all,
Once you update to a new version of Jaws do all previous versions that are installed on your computer get removed automatically or do you have to uninstall them yourself? I ask because I'm updated my old laptop to Windows 10 and even though I use Jaws 2021 on that computer I saw that there was Jaws 2013, 2015 and 2018 still installed and I uninstalled them I'm wondering if I should check this laptop for any old versions that might still be on it.. Hope someone can help me as I'd really like to know. Madison
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T. Civitello
You have to remove them yourself. Tom
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From: Madison Martin Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2022 8:46 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: question about updating Jaws Hi all, Once you update to a new version of Jaws do all previous versions that are installed on your computer get removed automatically or do you have to uninstall them yourself? I ask because I'm updated my old laptop to Windows 10 and even though I use Jaws 2021 on that computer I saw that there was Jaws 2013, 2015 and 2018 still installed and I uninstalled them I'm wondering if I should check this laptop for any old versions that might still be on it.. Hope someone can help me as I'd really like to know. Madison
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Larry Wayland
You have to uninstall them. However, it doesn't really hurt to leave them on
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your computer. If you leave them on the computer they do use up hard drive space. I Usually leave two or three old copies on my hard drive. Don't really know why. Larry
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From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Madison Martin Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 10:47 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: question about updating Jaws Hi all, Once you update to a new version of Jaws do all previous versions that are installed on your computer get removed automatically or do you have to uninstall them yourself? I ask because I'm updated my old laptop to Windows 10 and even though I use Jaws 2021 on that computer I saw that there was Jaws 2013, 2015 and 2018 still installed and I uninstalled them I'm wondering if I should check this laptop for any old versions that might still be on it.. Hope someone can help me as I'd really like to know. Madison
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Steve Nutt
No, they don't get removed automatically. This is the only thing I don't
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like about JAWS. I wish they would give you an option to uninstall the previous versions first, then you wouldn't get shared components left all over your machine. All the best Steve -- To subscribe to our News and Special Offers list, go to https://www.comproom.co.uk/subscribe Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW T: +44(0)1438-742286 M: +44(0)7956-334938 F: +44(0)1438-759589 E: steve@... W: https://www.comproom.co.uk
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From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Madison Martin Sent: 03 March 2022 04:47 To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: question about updating Jaws Hi all, Once you update to a new version of Jaws do all previous versions that are installed on your computer get removed automatically or do you have to uninstall them yourself? I ask because I'm updated my old laptop to Windows 10 and even though I use Jaws 2021 on that computer I saw that there was Jaws 2013, 2015 and 2018 still installed and I uninstalled them I'm wondering if I should check this laptop for any old versions that might still be on it.. Hope someone can help me as I'd really like to know. Madison
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Mike Pietruk
Madison
Unless there is a space concern, leaving old versions on a pc is fine -- and some people do it intentionally as they find the old versions may prove useful at some point such as running a specific script that otherwise could potentially mess up some of their generally used JFW settings. So, personally, I have 2020, 2021 and the current 2022 on my pcs and occasionally return to them. I have icons for each version of JFW as shortcuts on my desktop so that I can get at them if desired with 2022 botting up with the pcs.
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