Unable to change a sound/event assignment

[Larry]

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

 

[Alan Edwards]

This was suggested yesterday for the same problem, though the OP
hasn't reported back with any result yet:
http://serverfault.com/questions/16...ing-sound-when-browsing-web-pages-in-internet

....Alan

 

[Larry]

This was suggested yesterday for the same problem, though the OP
hasn't reported back with any result yet:

http://serverfault.com/questions/1678/how-do-i-turn-off-the-annoying-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

 

[Alan Edwards]

http://serverfault.com/questions/1678/how-do-i-turn-off-the-annoying-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

 

[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

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

 

[Alan Edwards]

Try changing it to nothing at all instead of a space.
That is what mine is.

....Alan