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Possible to Add Custom System Events ???

by Candoo May 18, 2005 11:11AM PDT

Would anyone know if it's possible to add your own custom system event with a sound, and if so, how? As an example in system sounds, can you add an event such as when a particular program starts, and assign a sound to it? Some programs add themselves automatically, but many don't, and I would like to set up a few myself.

TIA .. Candoo

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Possible to Add Custom System Events ???
by Candoo May 18, 2005 11:14AM PDT

Forgot to mention I am using XP home

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Yes
by AussiePete May 18, 2005 12:14PM PDT

Go to help and support and type the following in the sear box:-
Assign sounds to program events
Have fun!
Peter

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Yes, go to sounds and audio devices in the control panel
by glb613 May 18, 2005 7:59PM PDT

Find the event, click on browse and pick the sound you want.

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Sound Events
by billzhills May 18, 2005 11:30PM PDT

With an audio editing application you can create your own sounds.

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by Cursorcowboy May 19, 2005 3:23AM PDT
As an example in system sounds, can you add an event such as when a particular program starts, and assign a sound to it? Some programs add themselves automatically, but many don't, and I would like to set up a few myself.

If you can ascertain what the program name is which has enough ''ump'' to cause a reaction and XP has the same configuration in the system registry as follows:

Determine the exact name of a file you want a WAV associated with. For example, maybe you'd like to have a certain sound when Dial-Up Networking is started.

Click Start | Run | type in Regedit and press enter. Click on the plus (+) before each of the following keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps

a. Click on the Apps key. Click Edit | New | Key and name your entry Tapiexe (starts when the DUN context menu comes up). You can see this approach in the keys already there.

b. Highlight the ''new key'' name and add a key under \Tapiexe called ''open'' and another ''close'', w/o the quotes. Then add the key ''.Current'' to both the ''open'' and ''close'', also w/o the quotes.

Note: See some of the other entries to continue with the rest of this procedure making your entries compatible with those already there.

c. Go to the Control Panel Sounds and pick the ''open'' and ''close'' WAV file you'd like when DUN is started.

Note: Because of the way Windows closes Rnaapp however, the Tapiexe file will also remain active in the system for as long as fifteen minutes after a DUN connection is closed. You can see that Rnaappe remains open by using the Ctrl-Alt-Del key to check active items in the ''Close Programs'' window.
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