THere is a classic shell you can download to make windows 8 look like 7 and previous versions. Sorry I don't have the link but you can google it. Lovette
On May 13, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Joseph FreeTech <joseph.freet...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my personal opinion, the Windows 8 start screen is almost completely > useless to a blind user. The Windows7 start menu is many orders of magnitude > much more useful to both sighted and blind Windows users. It is for this > reason among others that I, the early Win8 adopter, I dumped Win8 and > returned to Windows7. > > With that said, I had your similar problem, and my solution on Win8 was to > create a folder on the desktop and attach a hotkey to quickly open the > folder. Within that folder was a shortcut to all the former "Accessories" > items as well as shortcuts to other commonly used Windows features. I used > first letter navigation to quickly find what I wanted to launch. > > I'll be very interested to read solutions posed by others. <Smile>. > > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Lee" <klee...@gmail.com> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 11:13 AM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] organizing computer > > > I have windows 8.1 and I’m using jaws 15. when I got my computerin the > start menu usually there is an accessories folder with calculator, notepad, > paint etc. but on my computer I have no accessories folder, the calculator > is in the start menu itself. anyone know how I can create an accessories > folder myself to remove some clutter in the start menu and organize. > Email is golden!!! > Kevin Lee > 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/
