Hey Trish, Just do what I do. Never uninstall a JAWS version. Each one only takes a couple hundred megs and this laptop has a 750 gig hard drive so it's not like I'm hurting for space. I suspect that most JAWS users also have plenty of space on their machines. Leaving all JAWS versions doesn't hurt anything but removing them might so I just leave them just to be safe. I know, removing previous versions shouldn't hurt anything but I've seen plenty of times when things that shouldn't hurt anything in fact do.
Thanks, Scott Duck -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 8:51 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Uninstalling Jaws well then, sounds like you can't uninstall anything since it's all dependent of each version. I have still only removed the talking installer for J12, which as I stated yesterday, that didn't even have the entire program on my laptop, so I felt safe it could go. I sure don't need any surprises, thanks for the info ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Robbins" <arobb...@blindhandyman.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Uninstalling Jaws Trish, But if you have more than one copy of JAWS on the laptop they all share the same shared files. So, if you remove an older version of JAWS and remove shared components my guess is you will have trouble with version 15 and/or 16. I'll tell you how temperamental this process can be. Yesterday I uninstalled JAWS 14 leaving shared components in place. Following that I removed the talking installer for version 14. I then rebooted and JAWS 16 came up as expected. I then had some work to do in MS Office 2010. I use virtual ribbon option and as soon as I hit the alt key to get to the ribbons, no speech. This was true in all Office programs. So, I tried JAWS 15, same thing. I turned virtual ribbon option off and ribbons worked fine. Turned it back on and no go. Fortunately Win 7 automatically creates a restore point prior to any install or uninstall. So, I restored to point before uninstalling JAWS 14 and all is well. So, there you have a problem even when keeping shared components. Just thought I'd share Best, Al -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Trish Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:54 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Uninstalling Jaws Thank you for that info. I will not remove the shared components on the desktop where the OB is sharing with Jaws, but the laptop doesn't have OB and jaws is just sharing window's,lol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mike....@comcast.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:19 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Uninstalling Jaws If you are running JAWS and Open Book, or JAWS and Magic, then this is where your shared components come into play. two Freedom Scientific products can share some of the same components of one's installation. Therefore, if you have two of these installed on your computer, and you uninstall the shared components when uninstalling, say, JAWS, then Open Book will not work properly. Mike mike....@comcast.net Best regards, Michael Boyd mikeboy...@outlook.com (985) 856-6135 -----Original Message----- From: Alan Robbins Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 11:09 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Uninstalling Jaws Trish, I do not believe it really makes a difference. The important thing is whether you want to uninstall the shared components. Personally, I always choose no to this because if there are other programs relying on those shared components they will not work correctly. If anyone else on the list has other information, or does not find what I am saying correct, please clarify. Best, Alan > On Feb 25, 2015, at 11:10, Trish <patricia.zoell...@tx.rr.com> wrote: > > I need to know which is the best way to remove jaws from my window's 7 > laptop? > > Do I do it through the control panel/programs-features or, through > Jaws on start menu uninstall? > > Thanks for any help, > > Trish > > > > 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/ 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/
