When you apply a saved theme, the combo box for sound scheme will be blank, but the individual program events should have the saved .wav files assigned to them. Are you not seeing this behavior?
Keith
"JamesJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Now that I understand how this works I know
> why I'm not getting any sounds when I change Themes.
> In the Windows\Media folder I deleted all the .wav files
> that are put there upon Windows installation. I then
> created several folders under Windows\Media for my
> personal sounds that I use for app events. When I change
> Themes and since there are no .wav files in the Windows\Media
> folder no sounds are generated and I must re-select
> MyDefaultScheme from the combo box selections because
> the combo box has no value.
>
> James
>
> "Keith Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Actually, if you examine a saved .theme file (it's a textfile), you'll see
> the sound scheme is saved and (at least on my machine) reapplied. The sound
> files assigned to events are all the same, it's just the display name of the
> scheme that doesn't get restored when a saved theme is reapplied.
>
> It's the default value of the registry key:
>
> "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes"
>
> that stores the name of the current sound scheme.
>
> Keith
>
> "Donald McDaniel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Sharon F. answered your question already. Sound schemes are not saved
> with
> > a visual theme when you save it. So when you apply a different visual
> > theme, you must either apply the default sound scheme again or make a new
> > sound scheme.
> >
> > Donald McDaniel
> >
> > JamesJ wrote:
> > > Is there a reason why I lose the Sound scheme when I change
> > > Themes??
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > > "Sharon F" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> On Sat, 8 May 2004 18:04:10 -0400, JamesJ wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Whenever I change Themes I "lose" my Sound Scheme. The
> > >>> combo box for the Sound Scheme is empty and I must re-select
> > >>> MyDefaultScheme.
> > >>> Any way of preventing this from happening??
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks,
> > >>> James
> > >>
> > >> Unlike Themes in Win9x and ME, themes in XP do not include presets
> > >> for sound schemes cursors, screensavers, etc. Instead, "themes" is a
> > >> more general term that refers to choosing a visual style - classic
> > >> or XP. Sound schemes, cursors schemes and screensavers need to be
> > >> selected separately.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Sharon F
> > >> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
> >
> >
>
>
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