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Message 42993 - Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 11:57:28 UTC

I am having trouble getting the simple view to work. I have tasks running in advanced view, but can't access simple view since it's greyed out. Any ideas?
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Message 42994 - Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 12:02:52 UTC - in response to Message 42993.  

Which BOINC version? You can find this information in BOINC Manager->Help->About BOINC Manager. 32bit or 64bit version?
What happens when you simultaneously press CTRL+SHIFT+V on the keyboard?
In which directory did you install the BOINC programs?
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Message 42998 - Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 12:42:17 UTC - in response to Message 42994.  

It's 6.12.34(x64). Thanks for the reply.
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Message 42999 - Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 12:58:11 UTC - in response to Message 42994.  

Noting happens when I simultaneously press <ctrl> <shift> V
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Message 43000 - Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 13:02:36 UTC - in response to Message 42994.  

The BOINC software installed in C:\Program Files\BOINC. I'm sorry, I didn't see all the questions at first.
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Message 43002 - Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 17:21:53 UTC

I asked the developers, they told me:
Rom Walton wrote:
If it is grayed out, then it probably believes they are using a screen reader or other accessibility aide. We disabled going into the simple view in 6.12 or older to avoid blind users getting stuck in a UI they couldn't get back out of. This should be fixed in 7.x though. Since Charlie fixed the simple GUI for accessibility aides.

So, question to you is, do you use a screen reader or other (Windows) Accessibility aides?
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