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by plg6

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Okay, okay, it's a small issue, really, but my NT4 workstation (SP6a) doesn't like to play system sounds for some reason. If I go into the control panel I see the sounds associated with each event. Pushing the "play" button does indeed play the sound - but it's like they're unlinked somehow to the events that are supposed to set them off, particularly the startup and shutdown.

Is there some registry entry that's gotten 'grunged' that I should look at?

Thanks in advance.

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by zchris

try to log on with a different user. it is possible that the sounds don't work with a particular user. try it

by joseph moore

Yes. Here is the root path in the Registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps

This is where the whole sound scheme registry structure is built.
The subfolder .DEFAULT is where your personal sounds will reside. There is a subfolder foreach standard sound type. For example, the Maximize folder is where the sound to play when you maximize a window. You get the point.
Anyway, under each sound description folder, are 1 or 2 folders, .CURRENT and .DEFAULT
The .Current folder is where you should look for each sound to see if it is pointing to the right directory/file.
The .DEFAULT directory is only for those few sound events that NT sets up with sound when during installation. For example, the SystemExclamation\.Default folder has its default value = chord.wav.

So, check that Registry key and below. See what it looks like.

Hope this helps.

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