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Why doesn the JAWS Find command work in JAWS 7.x or JAWS 8.x?

April 26, 2017Command jaws

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Why doesn the JAWS Find command work in JAWS 7.x or JAWS 8.x?

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JAWS 8.0 has a known problem that the JAWS Find command or Speak Address Bar commands do not work as expected. The reason is that Firefox 3 uses a different executable name than Firefox 2 did, for which JAWS 8.0 was originally configured. To get things working, edit the file Confignames.ini, which is located in your Shared Settings folder. To open this folder, go to Start Menu, Programs, JAWS 8.0, Explore JAWS, Explore Shared Settings. Note on Vista, before pressing Enter, press the Applications key and choose Run as Administrator. Edit the file using NotePad, and add the line: firefox3.0=firefox to the end of the file. Save the file, and when you next start Firefox, the shortcuts will be available. This change must be made in the Shared file. An override in your user specific path will not work.