startupShutdown.md

Instructions for testing startup / shutdown.

Start from shortcut

Prerequisites:

• NVDA installed
• Shortcut enabled during installation

Steps:

1. Press (or emulate) Ctrl+Alt+N, observe NVDA starts up

Variation:

• At step 1. A version of NVDA is already running. Observe running version exits before installed version starts up.

Windows Sign-in screen, automatic start

Prerequisites:

• NVDA installed
• Enable "Use NVDA during sign-in"

Steps:

1. Sign out (not lock) Windows
2. Observe NVDA announces the Windows sign-in screen

UAC, automatic start

Prerequisites:

• NVDA installed
• An active Windows session (i.e. not signed out, locked)
• The NVDA installed copy is running

Steps:

1. Open the Start menu
2. Type notepad
3. Open context menu for notepad and choose Run as Administrator.
4. When the UAC dialog appears, verify that NVDA launches on this secure desktop and reports the dialog.

Windows Successful sign-in, automatic start

Prerequisites:

• NVDA installed
• Enable "Start NVDA after I sign in"

Steps:

1. Start Windows
2. Sign in
3. Observe NVDA starts

Running the *.exe

Steps:

1. Press win+r
2. Enter
3. Press enter
4. Observe NVDA starts

Variation:

• using an installer (launcher)
  • eg: C:\Users\username\Downloads\nvda_2021.1.exe
• using an installed copy
  • just type nvda in place of the .exe
• using a portable copy
  • find and use the path to nvda.exe, located within the portable copy directory
  • the installer allows you to create an installed copy and a portable copy

Running from source (runnvda.bat)

Prerequisites

• clone project and build NVDA (see project readme).

Steps:

1. Run runnvda.bat from cmd
2. Observe NVDA starts

An input gesture to restart

Prerequisite:

• Input gesture for "Restarts NVDA!" is assigned

Steps:

1. Press (or emulate) the input gesture
2. Observe that NVDA exits
3. Observe that a new instance is started