With Startup Sound Changer you can set a *.wav file as startup sound, play current startup sound and [sure] restore default sound.Please note following:
- You can find your default sound right after application's start in c:\ProgramData\StartupSoundChanger\default.wav
- You need administrator's rights to successfully run Startup Sound Changer. It will not work under limited account
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EarHackerDem, THANKS!
Hey awesome software .... special thanks for the creator
Thank you very much: I was very unhappy with the default Win 7 sound and the impossiblity to listen to my preferred theme.
Now thanks to you I can !
AC Rome Italy
Amazing! So easy. Worked great. Before this program I had spent so much time online looking for a way to get my favorite startup sound on Windows 7. Many thanks.
I'll give this a go. Though I still like going the manual-editing route.
Many , Many Thanks. Work Great.
You are welcome. Enjoy
Thank you very much
So happy to have
"What is thy bidding, my master?"
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Good job
Thanks.
I plan to update it to support Windows 8
Excellent. Thank you!
You are welcome
Works Great, Great Work
Thanks
Thanks for this great tool. I made a donation in gratitude immediately.
I have followed some rather tortuous paths to modify the required file in the System 32 folder, concluding with using the command prompt after booting from the Windows 7 installation disk.
Although the instructions I followed were beautifully clear and sequential, it was all to no avail, and I failed to install the startup sound I wanted. After spending a lot of time on this, I came across your website. Despite my reservations about downloading such software from a source I didn't know I went ahead, and was immensely pleased by the result.
I couldn't believe how simple and fast the tool was to use. For anyone reading this who is going to try Startup Sound Changer, don't forget to go to Change System Sounds via the Control Panel and make sure that the 'Play Windows Startup sound' is checked, otherwise the wav. file you have selected will not play. An obvious point, but I hadn't realised that I had left the box unchecked the first time I tried it.
Thanks again for this great little tool.
Can you make one for Windows 8? I tried this on Windows 8 and I ended up having to reinstall it because nothing looked right.
Win8 calculates checksum for shell32.dll
I can't help :(
Awesome !!!!!
thanks for the software,, so easy to use,,
i wonder, how to change sound when shutdown,,???
It can be done via control panel - sounds
is it safe to use on my pc?
attention windows8 ui crash - do not use this tool with windows 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guest Star, you are moron.
That was written just above your useless comment.
Thanks for the tool, hb. Works perfectly with my Windows 7
hi, I used it in win8 and it worked only once.. played my sound in start up as I wanted, but then crashed whole system, and I had to restore default settings and loosed all aps, software and games instaled (only files was unaffected - movies, music, documents) .. is another way how could I change win start up sound without crashing system? please send answers to: m.loucican@gmail.com ... Thanx
Thanks!!!
Windows 7 32bit
This works great & is simple to use. After checking many other threads beforehand - this was the only one which worked 100% - and did exactly what I wanted. Thanks!
Holy Sh**!
This really works!!
no more lousy default win7 startup noise..
just awesome SCII soundFX!!
and I thought I'll have to follow those very complex steps on other forums..
I did it in a matter of 3 CLICKS!!
Thanks a lot to the creator! pure Genius!! Genius I say! haha
Thanks a lot. This works for windows 8 64 bit.
This works great on my 32-bit Win 7 PC, but it can't change the sound on my 64-bit Win 7 PC. I've personally changed the sound by hacking the DLL file on an older XP machine and copying it over to Win 7 (via a Linux boot since the file is system protected), but I can't get your program to change it. Could it be because I already hacked the original file? Any ideas appreciated. Thanks
It works! And, as one of the other comments here reminded me, be certain that "Play Windows Startup sound" is checked in the system sound manager. (Donation done!) Thanks!!
thank you
ok
Hello, does it work on windows 8? Is there any w8 version?
Hi, I am sorry but no way to do this trick for Windows 8.
I have followed some rather tortuous paths to modify the required file in the System 32 folder, concluding with using the command prompt after booting from the Windows 7 installation disk.
Although the instructions I followed were beautifully clear and sequential, it was all to no avail, and I failed to install the startup sound I wanted. After spending a lot of time on this, I came across your website. Despite my reservations about downloading such software from a source I didn't know I went ahead, and was immensely pleased by the result.
I couldn't believe how simple and fast the tool was to use. For anyone reading this who is going to try Startup Sound Changer, don't forget to go to Change System Sounds via the Control Panel and make sure that the 'Play Windows Startup sound' is checked, otherwise the wav. file you have selected will not play. An obvious point, but I hadn't realised that I had left the box unchecked the first time I tried it.
Thanks again for this great little tool.
Brilliant thank you
After running this program once on Win7 x64 it has broken the control panel and most system icons in explorer.exe. I've reversed the sound change, reset the Icon database, rebooted, system restored, and nothing! I can't get rid of this problem. I'm confident it was this program alone because it was the first thing I ran on a clean install. Really need help now.
Thanks Sergey, nice little code. Having great fun messing with my users with this.... Good job.
Need W8 version
Not possible
when i try to open this program a message pops up saying"file system error 655535". what shall i do?
I have no idea which OS you use.
THANKS BRO.....
BUT HOW TO CHANGE SHUTDOWN SOUND ? ........
Thank you!!! Works like a charm!
I open the file as Run as Admin and all I get is "Failed to SeRestorePrivalage" running on x64 Win7. Please advise
Try to run this as Administrator
super userful tool! i can change startup sound! thanks!
Working, but only on headphone. No sound on built-in speaker. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!sad
it just plain out doesn't work for me. i was wondering if there was a limit to the length of the file that can be used. I know it has to be in Wave format and it is but it just does that windows error whenever I try to change it. Could someone tell me what i am doing wrong. I have Windows 7 (home premium if it helps) I run it as admin, I use all of the instructions but it still doesn't turn into the new sound that I give it and so I have kept it normal otherwise the startup gets a bit glitchy. HELP PLEASE!