
Sound is played, then ShutdownBlockReason is removed and the process exits. Process determines if the Logoff or Shutdown sound should be played. On logoff, the process is waken up and sets up a ShutdownBlockReason. Process plays Startup or Logon sound and goes inactive. Process spawns an invisible window, mandatory for delaying system shutdown. SoundManager can emulate the playback of these sounds by launching a background process on logon: On Windows 8, the startup and shutdown sounds where removed for further performance reasons. Due to imageres.dll files being used by the system, SoundManager might not be able to patch the startup sound more than once between each system reboot. If enabled, SoundManager will show an UAC prompt on launch. This feature requires administrator privileges. is copied to imageres.dll and its WAV resourse is updated. Existing imageres.dll is moved to since it is in use by the system. If not already done, imageres.dll is backed up to. Ownership of imageres.dll is transferred from TrustedInstaller to Administrators. SoundManager can optionally patch imageres.dll to update the startup sound: On Windows Vista and Windows 7, the startup sound is no longer customizable by the user, the corresponding WAV file being embedded in C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll for performance reasons. zip while displaying file extensions, then using the built-in Windows utility. SoundManager can associate itself with this file type to conveniently load sound schemes, and you can manually edit them using any file archive utility such as 7-Zip or by renaming them to. SoundManager integrates into the system using the built-in sound scheme feature in Registry: How it works The SoundManager sound scheme See User Manual for more details on how to use the program. Play startup/shutdown sounds on Windows 8 to 11. Patch Windows Vista/7 startup sound (Admin required). Auto-convert sounds to WAV format (Windows 7+).
Import sound schemes created with the Sound applet.Export and import sound schemes using archive files.Define metadata such as thumbnail, author, description.Load and test sound files for each event.The main UI allows managing the current sound scheme, as well as defining metadata: Sound schemes: Check out the sound schemes repository :).
Download: Have a look at the releases section to get a build.
All Windows versions from Windows XP SP3 to Windows 11 are supported. SoundManager is a free software allowing to easily create and share Windows sound schemes.