How to Change the Startup Sound for Windows 7 and

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Right-click the Sounds icon in the system tray (on the right end of the taskbar).

   Windows 7:
   Go to "Organize" menu and select "Folder and search options".
   
   Then go to the "View" tab and search for the check box saying "Hide extensions for known file types".
   
   If checked, uncheck it.
   
   Windows 8:
   Go to "View" menu and select "Folder and search options" (last one).
   
   Then go to the "View" tab and search for the check-box saying "Hide extensions for known file types".
   
   If checked, uncheck it. ,,,,,,, Next time when you start your computer, the new sound will play.
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   Step 2: Choose the option Sounds.

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   Step 3: If a check box saying "Play startup sound" is there and checked

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   Step 4: then uncheck it.

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   Step 5: Close the dialogue box.

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   Step 6: Open Windows Explorer.

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   Step 7: Close the dialogue box.

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   Step 8: Go to C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" (for Windows 7 and 8).

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   Step 9: Create a text document.

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    Step 10: Open it and paste the code exactly

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    Step 11: not even one change (including 'Enter the source....'): strSoundFile = " "     'Enter the source of the startup sound file in the quotes Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") strCommand = "wmplayer /play" & chr(34) & strSoundFile & chr(34) objShell.Run strCommand

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    Step 12: Save the file (Ctrl+S) and close Notepad.

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    Step 13: Rename the file as "something" and instead of "txt" in the end

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    Step 14: replace it as "vbs" with the dot before "vbs".

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    Step 15: Finished!

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