What File for "Sounds" in Control Panel

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What is the name of the file where the "Sounds" are stored for
Win98se?
I deleted the sound files I normally use, because a piece of foreign
software used as a driver for my printer installed all sorts of
foreign languages in there and I wanted to delete those, not the whole
file. I have a backup but dont know what to restore. It must be an
INI or something, I'd guess.

Thanks

George
 
What is the name of the file where the "Sounds" are stored for
Win98se?
I deleted the sound files I normally use, because a piece of foreign
software used as a driver for my printer installed all sorts of
foreign languages in there and I wanted to delete those, not the
whole file. I have a backup but dont know what to restore. It must
be an INI or something, I'd guess.
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Apparently you're talking about Windows system sounds. They are not
kept in a file, each sound is an ordinary WAV file in a folder. In
Windows XP, that folder is "C:\WINDOWS\Media". Use Control Panel to
restore the association of a Windows system sound event to a sound
file. If you have lost those WAV files, maybe they are on your Windows
SE CD.

Hopefully "backup" means you already have a removable media copy of
any important files from your hard drive. If not, do that before doing
anything else.
 
John Doe said:
Apparently you're talking about Windows system sounds. They are not
kept in a file, each sound is an ordinary WAV file in a folder. In
Windows XP, that folder is "C:\WINDOWS\Media". Use Control Panel to
restore the association of a Windows system sound event to a sound
file. If you have lost those WAV files, maybe they are on your Windows
SE CD.

Hopefully "backup" means you already have a removable media copy of
any important files from your hard drive. If not, do that before doing
anything else.
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Hey George,

My copy of 98SE has the .wav files in

C:\Windows\Media

HTH
Dennis
 
What is the name of the file where the "Sounds" are stored for
Win98se?
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The names of the sound files are stored at this registry key:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps

The actual files are stored wherever the registry says they are.
Default Windows sounds such as "The Microsoft Sound.wav" are stored at
C:\windows\media.

- Franc Zabkar
 
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