Windows 7 Changing Windows start sound, not working anymore?

Mike, As you are running 64bit there should be an imageres.dll in the SysWOW64 folder that will need modifying as well.

The files in the winsxs are the backups and have nothing to do with the system unless called in to play during sfc /scannow.

Hi Elmer

I check that out.
I don't remember doing that before but maybe I did and have forgotten it, that happens a lot lately. LOL

Mike

It's been a while now, but I did download the hex editor, jumped through all the hoops and all that stuff, and finally got my own startup sound to play. Was it really worth it? OH, Heck no! Just another exercise in futility.
That install of W-7 is long since toast and I'm not going through all that agony again. So Default sound it is.
At least I can play my own Shutdown sound. Nothing special there..... I just use "Tada". KISS!
And my own email notifier..... "You've got mail" a sweet female voice, copied off of Compuserve.

Cheers mates!

Well it won't let my change it any more.

I even logged in as Administrator, used Grant Full Admin Control on the file and copied it to the desk top.
No matter how many times I tried to change it with Resource Hacker it will not change.

When I tried to copy one that was already changed it says it's done it but when I open it and look it still points to the original sound.

Interestingly the one in the System32 folder that pointed to my sound doesn't anymore, it has changed since I checked it earlier.
And the backup imageres files that created by renaming the original before I placed my copy in the folder are now blank when you open them?

It installed some Windows updates today, that may be when the existing one changed?



Here's the process I'm using, in case I'm missing something.

I copy imageres.dll to my desktop.

Use grant full admin on it.

Open it with Resource Hacker.

Open the WAV folder and the 5080 folder.

Play the wav, original Windows Sound.

Right click on the 1033 file.

Select Replace Resource.

Click on Open file with new resource....

Find my file and play it to make sure it works.

My file now shows in the window.

I type Resource Type, WAV

I type Resource Name, 5080

I type Resource Language, 1033

I hit replace.

I hit Save As.

I tell it to replace the one on the Desktop.

I close Resource Hacker and I open the file on the Desktop and check it.

It still plays the original Windows Sound!



Oh, well, as Oldtimer says I guess it's not worth the hassle.
It only plays it when I turn on my computer.

I use to have fun with this when I had earlier Windows.

When a friend was coming over to work on computer stuff I would change the start up sound.

When we sat down and I turned it on, it would boot up and say...

"Hello Michael, OH, I see that Phil is here too! What a bummer!"

It always got a laugh.
This was back before Windows XP, I had problems with XP cutting of any start sounds that were too long.

Mike

Where you say "I Hit Save As" I always hit "Save". It still creates a back up.

I think I read somewhere that using the "Save As" command changes it to a 32bit file, something like that.

Also Mike, are you using ResHack v3.5.2?

Weird is all I can say!

One or two last thoughts.
1) Did you take ownership of the original imageres.dll files in the system folders, or just the copies you made?
2) In the Run... box type mcbuilder , when the command window closes reboot the machine.

And that's me out of ideas!

I'm lazy when it comes to hacking system files. I used this old program (I had to hunt it down - I think it was originally Russian).

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I had an old game of boulderdash on a XP laptop and found a mass of impressive .wav sounds there. Currently I use one called "halloffame.wav"
I run as the Global Administrator, which gives me a broad access, but that may not be needed.

Yeah, I D/l'ed that as well. I've yet to try it though because I ended up downloading the 4 "enhanced" trial versions of Boulderdash from ZXGames and I've been playing with those for bl**dy hours!

Damn you DaveHC!

Ah such memories of a wasted life!

LOL.I was damned by that program, when I first bought and played it on my commodore. I made the mistake of (much later) finding a PC update. LOL LOL and again

PS. Quote" can get back to doing something else that probably doesn't really need to be done!"

I spend at least half of my computer time doing that. Mike!