I had exactly the problem described in the above thread -- I've been reading it carefully. 
 I'm confident I can successfully make the Registry change, but I'm a bit new to 
this.

I need to create a new key with two subkeys, because the windows default sound is 
indeed missing from the "Sounds"-tab's list of possible event-sounds in the Audio 
Properties Box, -- and my slider also doesn't "ding".

I can do it all except one thing -- I can't make the "(Default)" value in my ".Default" 
and ".Current" subkeys of my newly created SystemDefault, be of type "REG_EXPAND_SZ" 
(as opposed to "REG_SZ" which is how they are when I create the two subkeys.)

How do I change the Data type of the (Default) string?

Thanks in advance,

Alex






On Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 8:29 pm, Fernando wrote:
>Expanding on Andrew's tip, I found that all you really need to fix this problem 
is 
>one particular sub-key in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents key.
>
>It turns out that (at least in my case) the problem was that my user registry was 
>missing the following sub-key:
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\.Default
>
>This sub-key contains two entries, .Current and .Default, which themselves contain 
>the text:
>
>%SystemRoot%\media\Windows XP Ding.wav
>
>This is the key that tells your system about the default ding sound which is used 
>by the Volume Control Slider!
>
>You can easily make these changes by hand in your registry, but please be careful 
>as any errors in editing your registry can cause your computer to become unstable, 
>not boot, etc... DO NOT ATTEMPT anything I describe above if you don't know EXACTLY 
>what you are doing. Don't blame me if you destroy your Windows installation!
>
>That said, I have a very small registry export file which contains the required 
key 
>to fix this problem. If you'd like a copy, send me an email and I will send it to 
>you. All the disclaimers above apply "doubly so" here!
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-Fernando
>
>








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