Can I have Win 10 make a native beep?

Compumind · 27 Apr 2022

Robben said:

Cool! But for my particular purpose it takes too long.

BTW, to not have the Command Prompt window shown, I'm calling the .bat from this .vbs script (cos it doesn't work with a shortcut to the bat, set to "minimized") ...

call bat.vbs (called by the .jsx)

Code:

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "C:\Win 10 beep.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing

from How to run .BAT files invisibly

Try this:

rundll32 user32.dll,MessageBeep or rundll32.exe cmdext.dll,MessageBeepStub

Bree · 27 Apr 2022

Robben said:

.... much Win 10 peculiarities are still new to me.

I actually created and tested that .bat in Windows 11, before testing it on Windows 10. Should you upgrade to 11 any time you'll know it should work there too.

Try3 · 27 Apr 2022

Robben said:

BTW, to not have the Command Prompt window shown, I'm calling the .bat from this .vbs script (cos it doesn't work with a shortcut to the bat, set to "minimized") ...

I don't know what .jsx is but you'll find the same problem launching a batch file from the Task scheduler.
That problem can also be overcome using a vbs script as an intermediary just as you have done. I normally choose to use the WindowStyle 7 [minimised] rather than 0 [hidden].
e.g. Make Task scheduler run a batch file minimised and with a specific icon - TenForums

All the best,
Denis

Robben · 28 Apr 2022

Bree said:

I actually created and tested that .bat in Windows 11, before testing it on Windows 10. Should you upgrade to 11 any time you'll know it should work there too.

Thanks. Every little thing helps :)

Try3 said:

I don't know what .jsx is.

Just a text file with (Photoshop-specific) javascript inside.

Compumind said:

Try this:
rundll32 user32.dll,MessageBeep or rundll32.exe cmdext.dll,MessageBeepStub

Thanks, but I think I tried that before the BEL thing and it was not to my satisfaction. Others are reporting problems with it too.

Anyway, I'm happy with what I've got for now.
Thanks to everyone chiming in!

wyxchari · 03 Aug 2022

Code:

echo/|choice/n 2>nul

powershell [console]::beep(500,500)

PowerShell Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech; (New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer).Speak('Hello world')

Robben · 07 Aug 2022

Thanks :)

Not long after I implemented some of this stuff, I think I had an error dialog to do with audio, which I'm pretty sure was from calling one of these methods from within Photoshop.

Not long after, I got more problems with my PC than I have ever experienced. Even my BIOS crashed, but luckily repaired itself. I still have weird leftover problems from all of that...

In the meantime I have discovered you can do a beep from inside a Photoshop script, which should be a much safer bet...

The script is simply...

Code:

app.beep();

Can I have Win 10 make a native beep?

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