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Unable to change a sound/event assignment
Here's something that never happened before. In my XP laptop, there 's a sound I don't like: every time I press Enter to enter a folder, or press backspace to exit a folder, there's an audible click. I looked in Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, and found the sound, it's under Windows Explorer, Start Navigation. The sound assigned to it is called Windows Navigation Start.wav. I replaced that sound assignment by None, pressed apply and OK, and the sound was still there. I opened up the Sounds tab again, and the Windows Navigation Start.wav file was still assigned to the Start Navigation event. I tried re-assigning None to it several times, but it wouldn't take. I thought maybe a virus might explain this behavior, but my AVG finds no virus on my system. Any ideas? Thanks, Larry |
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Unable to change a sound/event assignment
This was suggested yesterday for the same problem, though the OP
hasn't reported back with any result yet: http://serverfault.com/questions/167...es-in-internet ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:45:10 -0400, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Larry" wrote: Here's something that never happened before. In my XP laptop, there 's a sound I don't like: every time I press Enter to enter a folder, or press backspace to exit a folder, there's an audible click. I looked in Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, and found the sound, it's under Windows Explorer, Start Navigation. The sound assigned to it is called Windows Navigation Start.wav. I replaced that sound assignment by None, pressed apply and OK, and the sound was still there. I opened up the Sounds tab again, and the Windows Navigation Start.wav file was still assigned to the Start Navigation event. I tried re-assigning None to it several times, but it wouldn't take. I thought maybe a virus might explain this behavior, but my AVG finds no virus on my system. Any ideas? Thanks, Larry |
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Unable to change a sound/event assignment
"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
news This was suggested yesterday for the same problem, though the OP hasn't reported back with any result yet: http://serverfault.com/questions/167...noying-clickin g-sound-when-browsing-web-pages-in-internet Alan, I went to that page. They didn't deal with my particular issue, which is that even when I changed the sound to "None," the sound continued. But they offered a Registry fix to get rid of the sound, and I did that, and it worked. That blew my mind, that XP would not allow me to undo an unwanted sound. I'd really like to know why that happened. It's supposed to be a personal computer, but they throw all this automated stuff at you that you don't want, and they don't let you turn if off unless you use the Registry, which the overwhelming majority of users are never going to do. Personal computer, hah. Thanks much for your help in helping me escape MS's clutches. Larry |
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Unable to change a sound/event assignment
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:55:25 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Larry" wrote: "Alan Edwards" wrote in message news This was suggested yesterday for the same problem, though the OP hasn't reported back with any result yet: http://serverfault.com/questions/167...noying-clickin g-sound-when-browsing-web-pages-in-internet Alan, I went to that page. They didn't deal with my particular issue, which is that even when I changed the sound to "None," the sound continued. But they offered a Registry fix to get rid of the sound, and I did that, and it worked. That blew my mind, that XP would not allow me to undo an unwanted sound. I'd really like to know why that happened. It's supposed to be a personal computer, but they throw all this automated stuff at you that you don't want, and they don't let you turn if off unless you use the Registry, which the overwhelming majority of users are never going to do. Personal computer, hah. Thanks much for your help in helping me escape MS's clutches. Larry Thanks for the feedback. No idea what caused your problem but I doubt that MS was directly responsible. You can normally turn it on and off without using the Registry (I can and have just tested it again). FWIW, if I set Start Navigation to (None) it removes the entry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\ Navigating\.Current but leaves Windows Navigation Start.wav in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\ Navigating\.Default ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm |
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Unable to change a sound/event assignment
FWIW, if I set Start Navigation to (None) it removes the entry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\ Navigating\.Current but leaves Windows Navigation Start.wav in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\ Navigating\.Default Well, the Current key is the one I changed manually last night, which got rid of the sound. I did it by changing the data to " ". But even with the sound not working, in the Sounds tab, there is still the icon next to the Start Navigation event indicating that it has a sound assigned to it, and I can't get rid of that sound assignment. So this is a real mystery. I've never seen a basic Windows feature like this simply not work. Larry |
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Unable to change a sound/event assignment
Try changing it to nothing at all instead of a space.
That is what mine is. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:31:07 -0400, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Larry" wrote: Well, the Current key is the one I changed manually last night, which got rid of the sound. I did it by changing the data to " ". But even with the sound not working, in the Sounds tab, there is still the icon next to the Start Navigation event indicating that it has a sound assigned to it, and I can't get rid of that sound assignment. So this is a real mystery. I've never seen a basic Windows feature like this simply not work. Larry FWIW, if I set Start Navigation to (None) it removes the entry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\ Navigating\.Current but leaves Windows Navigation Start.wav in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\ Navigating\.Default |
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