Hi Randy, Your new file name should look like this: Inbox.dbx.old HTH, Rick Justice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Tijerina" <rtijeri...@satx.rr.com> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Friends I tried what Jacob suggested and itdidn't work
so what you're saying is I should rename the file thusly, Inbox.dbd.old? or is it inbox.old. I don't want to make a mistake. so I'm just checking. Thanks. Randy. Rick Justice wrote: > Hi Randy, > I have had a similar problem in the past,and suspect it is a particular > message causing the problem. > Do you have Outlook Express set to go directly to your In-Box when it > starts? > If so, try this, if you can access the menus. > 1. Press ALT + T, for the tools menu, then O, for options. > 2. Press Control + Shift + Tab, to jump right to the Maintenance page. > 3. Tab to store folder, and spacebar that. > 4. Now, tab twice,and Jaws will read the location of your Outlook Express > files. > 5. Press the home key, to make sure you are at the beginning of the line, > , > then press Shift + the End key to select the entire line, and copy it to > the > clipboard. > 6. Press the Escape key twice to get out of the dialogue, and close > Outlook > Express, with Alt + F4. > 7. Now, open the run dialogue on the start menu, and paste from the > clipboard, then press enter. > 8. You should now be in the list of .dbx files, so arrow to the one titled > In-Box.dbx,and press F2 to rename the file by adding, (.old) to the end of > the file. > Once you have renamed it, press enter to save the change. > 9. You can close this window with Alt + F4, and open Outlook Express > again. > If the problem was a message in the in-box, the problem should go away, > since Outlook Express created a new in-box, which will be empty. > If this works for you, but you had some messages in the old folder that > you > need, > then let me know, and we'll see if we can retrieve them. > HTH, > Rick Justice > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randy Tijerina" <rtijeri...@satx.rr.com> > To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:53 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Friends I tried what Jacob suggested and it > work > > > Friends, I tried what jacob suggested about my outlook express issue. > I brought up the f5 key and I even ourted my jaws to pc. > I couldn't even find a single error message or anything on the screen > telling me something's wrong. > now if I hit the arrow keys like my up or down arrow and even begin to > read a message, then the disc activity starts up again. > I hit windows m to get to my desktop as I usually do. > I alt tabbed back in to outlook express and I hear start > inbo........9-52 !.M. clock. > Of course when you alt f four out of there it will give you that end > program etc etc this program is not responding. > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
