Hi Jason, It sound like you need to change your Desktop Theme to Windows Classic. Try the following:
1. While on the desktop make sure nothing is selected. Press control + spacebar until you hear not selected. You can also press the F5 key. 2. Open your context menu, up arrow to personalize, & press enter. 3. Press down arrow until you get to an item called Windows7 Basic. Right arrow to Windows Classic. Hit the enter key to make the desired change. 4. Wait a few seconds or until you hear an audio sound effect confirming the completion of this process. I would wait another 2 minutes or so as your computer is making lots of changes and you want to allow lots of time for the process to complete. This will also take the Desktop out of the loop when using Alt + Tab. Your Sounds Theme may also change. HTH Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason Smith To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 9:35 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Jaws not reading the close window icon Hi list, I have just rejoined this list. So are looking forward to improving my skills in using Jaws(even though I am a long time user of it smile). I have been having several issues with Jaws since version 15. For example, I am currently using Jaws 16 on a Windows7 home premium on a desktop computer. Starting with Jaws15, I have noticed that Jaws will no longer speak to me the close icon at the top of any programs or windows. I have confirmed with family members that the icon is in fact showing. I have spoken to my local Freedom Scientific distributor. But they just said. If it is there, than Jaws will read it. But like I said, family members confirm that they can see it and click on it. I do realize, that I can use the alt F4 command to close a program or window. But I find that alt F4 does not always close properly. So I like to be able to route Jaws to the PC cursor and then left click on the close icon. Has anybody else experienced this? Thanks Jason 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/
