Use the AppGet feature.
1. Press Win-G, and wait for the ascending tones to stop. The AppGet dialog will open. 2. Make sure you are set to show all apps, by hitting Alt-V, and choosing All Apps. 3. Press Ctrl-F, and type diag followed by Enter. 4. Wait for the results to come up. 5. Arrow down to WE Diag, and hit Enter. 6. When the package is displayed, hit Enter once again, and the package will be installed. 7. Escape your way out of the AppGet dialog. Or, you can go to: http://www.gwmicro.com/apps/WEDiag. HTH, On 9/15/2017 12:23 PM, gosselin_louis via Talk wrote: > Oh, darn! > I did remove the app for We Diagnostics, but Now I'm trying to bring it > back, and can't find it. How do I bring it back? Does removing it delete > the package as well? > > Louis Gosselin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk > [mailto:talk-bounces+gosselin_louis=myfairpoint....@lists.window-eyes.com] > On Behalf Of Jeff Weiss via Talk > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 11:14 AM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > Cc: Jeff Weiss <jeff-we...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: Apps that can be uninstalled > > This is right as far as it goes, but remember that the WE diagnostics app > also can do two other things: > refresh the accessability libraries > repair the windows 10 driver > > So, there might be a reason to keep this app for a while longer. > I do agree that window-eyes update can go. > > Jeff Weiss > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gosselin_louis via Talk > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 6:51 AM > To: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List' ; 'WE English Mailinglist' > Cc: gosselin_louis > Subject: RE: Apps that can be uninstalled > > Dave! > > Thanks for this. I never gave the Win-Eyes Apps a thought. And you're > right! > > Louis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk > [mailto:talk-bounces+gosselin_louis=myfairpoint....@lists.window-eyes.com] > On Behalf Of David via Talk > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 9:06 PM > To: WE English Mailinglist <t...@window-eyes.com> > Cc: David <trailerda...@hotmail.com> > Subject: Apps that can be uninstalled > > Just wanted to remind you, that not all apps developed for WinEyes, are > beneficial any longer. > > Though an app in general should simply just close down, once it cannot > perform its activity, you might eventually see some apps that could > cause you issues. I recently went through my installed apps, and among > them found a couple of apps that clearly never will be of any more usage. > > WE Diag. > This app was designed to generate a diagnostic report, that could be > sent to the GW team, for troubleshooting. > Since there is no more team to receive the diagnostics report, there > will never be any usage of generating such a report. > The app further does consume at least one hotkey, which rather could be > used for your convenience with other apps and features, or third-party > software on your computer. > > WEUpdate. > This app will check for updates to Window-Eyes itself. > There NEVER will be any updates, or new versions. The app will attempt > to connect to the GW servers, every time you start your screen reader, > and who knows how much more frequently. It will generally not pose any > problem to you, since it simply will receive the message from the > server, that no new updates are to be found, and then close itself down. > Yet, as the servers of WinEyes might not stay up forever, who knows what > error messages it will generate in the coming. > The app is to be viewed as useless, obsolete, and might as well be removed. > > Though apps might not take up any extensive space on your computer, and > might pose no current trouble in running, I do not generally suggest you > let useless or obsolete software run on your system. It is not likely > that any of the WE apps might pose real risks in lingering on your > computer, but really, why leave them there - all the time they never > will kick into any benefit for you. Even, someone might eventually hack > the code, and misuse the door you leave open. > > How To Uninstall. > Open the WE Control Panel, by hitting Ctrl-Backslash. > Press Alt-A, to go to the App menu. > Choose App Management. > Scroll down to Add/Remove Apps, and hit Enter. > In the list of installed apps, scroll to the unwanted app, and then tab > over to Remove, and hit Enter. > Shift-Tab back to the list, and repeat the remove process for any app > you do not want any longer. > First you are at it, make sure to get rid of apps that are known to be > troublesome, like the Jaws Emulating app. > When done, exit, and make a copy of your working WinEyes Profile, saving > it on a memory stick or the like. It will come in handy, should you ever > want or need to reinstall your screen reader. > > There might be other apps, which you would no longer benefit from.If > anyone feels there are apps that I have overlooked, and which never will > be operational again, maybe you want to share with the list members. > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/gosselin_louis > %40myfairpoint.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/jeff-weiss%40s > bcglobal.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/gosselin_louis > %40myfairpoint.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > . > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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