restore vista sounds ???

[dwolf]

I did a backup restore from XP using backup genie.. It got most of my old
XP sounds in place.. missed a bunch.. those I can manually fix.. but in the
drop down menu in sounds none of the options gives me the default Vista
sounds back ??
There is one that say's vista sounds but no sounds show up.. I would like to
get them back.. and if I can't automatically do it, I was trying to find
where the files were stored, with no luck

Joel

 

[dean-dean]

The sound files themselves should be in C:\Windows\Media. If they aren't
there, try this:

Press the Windows key + R. In the Run box type

sfc /scannow

After the System File Checker scan, which may take awhile, you can confirm
any repairs by looking at the cbs.log (towards the end of the log) in
C:\Windows\Logs\CBS. You may have to reboot to see the files in
C:\Windows\Media.

 

[dwolf]

I saw that file... but it seems the Vista sounds are not the same as when I
first loaded Vista ???

 

[dean-dean]

All 50 default vista sounds in C:\Windows\Media have a creation date of
11/02/06 (add Date Created to the columns in that folder to easily check
this out, using Details view). Did you run the System File Checker? This
would have restored the correct files.

 

[dwolf]

I guess all of the sounds are there... next it would be nice to have the
sound scheme back in my dropdown menu in the sounds menu

 

[dean-dean]

You could try this:

Copy the following (between the dashes; i.e., don't include the dashes), and
Paste it into Notepad.

-------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Names]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Names\.Default]
@="Windows Default"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Names\.None]
@="@mmsys.cpl,-801"

-------------------------------------


Save the file as Schemes.reg (no .txt extension).

Double-click on Schemes.reg, and allow the merge. This will put the names
back under Sound Scheme on the Sounds tab. Whether or not the Scheme is
still intact in your registry may be another question. I hope so...