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Re: Trying to install NVDA from a portable copy on new Windows 10 computer but can't focus on the NVDA menu

Gene
 

You haven't determined if this is a problem you are having with NVDA in general or a problem with your specific copy that you customized.  Download a completely clean exe file, run it, and when given the choice, select the keep running option.  See if you can do the things with it that you can't with the tailored copy you are working with. 
 
Gene
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Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2017 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: [nvda] Trying to install NVDA from a portable copy on new Windows 10 computer but can't focus on the NVDA menu

My portable copy has all my settings and I have caps lock set as the modifier on it. I also tried using the modifier +q to exit, and I know that menu popped up but focus didn't switch to it automatically. My mother and sister could see it but I couldn't.


On 20/12/2017 12:10 AM, Chris wrote:

Is the menu open do you know?

The default nvda modifier is the insert key you can change it to the caps lock keybut that is not the default

 

So try the insert+N and see what happens then

 

 

 

From: Sharni-Lee Ward
Sent: 19 December 2017 11:26
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Trying to install NVDA from a portable copy on new Windows 10 computer but can't focus on the NVDA menu

 

Right, so my mother was able to open the portable copy of NVDA, and I was in the window where the NVDA Portable folder was. Then I pressed caps-lock+n to open the NVDA menu and it said NVDA menu, but when I scrolled with the arrow keys it was only reading the items in the NVDA Portable folder, and so I couldn't select anything from the NVDA menu. I tried alt+tab but that just landed me in the same window. I tried pressing NVDA+n again, but that didn't work. I can't install from the portable copy if I can't access the NVDA menu.

 

On 19/12/2017 10:20 PM, Chris wrote:

Hello

 

I saw your other post, but wasn’t sure what you are trying to achieve?

 

Are you saying you want to run a portable copy of nvda or you cant run a portable copy?

 

Or are you wanting to install from a portable copy?

Or cant install it to your computer?

 

If you can be a bit ore specific that will help, thanks

 

 

From: Sharni-Lee Ward
Sent: 19 December 2017 10:33
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: [nvda] Trying to install NVDA from a portable copy on new Windows 10 computer but can't focus on the NVDA menu

 

Hi,

 

 

I got a Windows 10 laptop as an early Christmas present and earlier, I

tried to install NVDA on it from the portable copy I have, but when I

opened the NVDA Menu, focus didn't switch to it. I tried alt+tab in case

that would help, but I always landed on the window with the folder

containing the portable copy. I really wanna start working this computer

out and setting it up to my liking, but I can't do that if I can't even

focus on the window I want to focus on. I've asked on the blind tech

list but nobody's talking yet and I'm scared my post might end up being

ignored because I sent it just as everyone was going to bed.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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