Change Windows Startup Sound in Windows 10  

Paul Black said:

A couple of questions please . . .

[1] Do I understand correctly that the Startup sound [.wav file] will ONLY play once I get to my Desktop, and NOT from the moment I login?

[2] Once I logout and then log back in, the Startup sound [.wav file] DOESN'T play. is there a way I can get it to run EVERY time I login please?

Thanks in advance.

Q1) Correct, it normally plays when you get to the desktop when you sign in from startup.

Q2) This is normal. The startup sound only plays at startup and not from a sign in. If you like, you can use the tutorial for sign in also.

Play Sound at Logon (Sign-in) in Windows 10

Thanks Brink,

Brink said:

Q1) Correct, it normally plays when you get to the desktop when you sign in from startup.

Q2) This is normal. The startup sound only plays at startup and not from a sign in. If you like, you can use the tutorial for sign in also.

Play Sound at Logon (Sign-in) in Windows 10

Everything was going OK until I got to step 14. Enter your account's password, and click/tap on OK.
As I am the ONLY user I don't have a password set!

is there anyway around this please?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT:

Could I setup a password for my user account, perform the steps again, and then delete my password, would that work please?

Paul Black said:

Thanks Brink,



Everything was going OK until I got to step 14. Enter your account's password, and click/tap on OK.
As I am the ONLY user I don't have a password set!

is there anyway around this please?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT:

Could I setup a password for my user account, perform the steps again, and then delete my password, would that work please?

I'm afraid a password protected administrator account is required.

OK thank you!

LeoBloxyDonut said:

Hi, I can't change startup sound because I can't change imageres.dll without a permisson. What do I do?

Haven't tried in Win7 and later but with earlier versions I'd locate the sound file, usually a .wma or .mid, check the size for play length then replace it with a file of the same name and size/length that I wished to use. Test it in Control Panel, Sounds then reboot to check.

A "feature" of Win10 twice-yearly Version Upgrades such as 1809 to 1903 to 1909 to 2004 and some periodic Builds is customizations will get reset/removed to the defaults so will have to be repeated. I've stayed away from most customizations as I frequently have clients' questions that need be replicated or checked for issues.

LeoBloxyDonut said:

Hi, I can't change startup sound because I can't change imageres.dll without a permisson. What do I do?

Hello Leo, and welcome to Ten Forums.

Just to verify, is your account an administrator, and have you already done step 2 to take ownership of the imageres.dll.mun file?

That's all ancient history now....since the release of "Winaero Tweaker", for 10 and 11.
It includes an app that installs whatever sound you want, as your Startup Sound.
But first, it helps to have your .wav files in a folder that's easy to get to. Like "C:\Media Files".

For several years, I've had a little program on my Utilities Disk, called, "StartupSoundChanger.exe", dtd 2013.
So I guess that's about ten years old now. I've found it very useful over the years, because I do have a favorite Startup sound that I like to use. And, I've always kept my favorite sounds in a single folder, called simply "Media Files".
Over the years, I've captured several .wav files that I like to use. Like the sweet female voice that announces, "You've got mail" to me every morning when I turn on my PC, and OEClassic opens up.
Cheers Mates!
TM