What File for "Sounds" in Control Panel

[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.

Thanks

George

 

[John Doe]

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.

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.

 

[Dennis Schmitz]

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.

Hey George,

My copy of 98SE has the .wav files in

C:\Windows\Media

HTH
Dennis

 

[Franc Zabkar]

What is the name of the file where the "Sounds" are stored for
Win98se?

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