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    Setting event sounds in Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Thebullfrog, Oct 24, 2008.

  1. Thebullfrog

    Thebullfrog Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay been searching this all over the web and haven't found an answer. Is there or is there not a way to set sound effects for when you open and/ or close a winow under Vista? I set sounds for minimizing, maximizing, etc, but there is no option for setting up sounds for when a window opens or closes. Is there any way to add this in, or am I just "missing" a feature of Vista that's supposed to be there (wouldn't be the first time). I'm on Vista Home Premium 32 bit, SP1. Also under my sound settings, after you scroll downpast all the system sound settings, theres a section of sounde for "windows explorer" which get really glitchy when set. Sometimes the sound will play, others it won't. After that is a section of settings for sounds under "MSWinErr". It has most of the same options for setting sounds as in the "Windows" section, but no matter what I set any of the items to, no sound ever plays. If I set a sound for restore down under the "windows" section, it works, but under this mysterious "MSWinErr" setting the same sound to the same "restore down" item does nothing. Just wondering what that's all about, but mostly I'm wanting to find out if I can set sounds for when a window opens/closes.
     
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    artfuldodga Notebook Geek

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    right click volume tray icon > sounds > in the default sound scheme you see 'open program' and 'close program' assign a sound.

    i would assume its in all versions of windows vista, i'm using ultimate.
     
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    I tried the open and close program ones. They only worked when certain programs would open and when opening certain windows (like control panel) It would play the sound 3-4 times in a row. And play it again whenever I would scroll up and down within the control panel window. Similar things would happen in other windows. I think it has something to do with it loading/unloading components of the programs/ windows, that's why I want to find a way to have it linked to a window being opened/ closed and not a program.