Hello All,
I kept at this well past when this all started in
June, but still have to report that I have found no native way
to force Windows 10 to play a shutdown sound. That being said,
someone on bleepingcomputer.com has proposed a fairly
straightforward work-around in the form of creating a three-line
batch script that you create a shortcut for, and invoke that to
shut down your computer rather than using the Power button on
the start menu. The original post on bleepingcomputer.com can
be found here. I am also copying the text
directly below:
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A little late perhaps for this topic, but I too like a
shutdown sound when exiting windows. I have managed (with this
topic and a little other help) to make a batch file that will
play a wav. file, then pause for a set number of seconds
(depends on what your music etc, is) and then shutdown.
start elvis.wav
timeout
/T 4
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe
/s /t 0
My
wav. file is 'elvis has left the buiding' with a 4 second
timeout otherwise the shutdown is too quick. You may have to
specify the wav. file location but I didn't, it is just in 'my
documents'.
Having
saved the batch file you then create a new desktop shortcut for
it which requires a double click and shutdown occurs.
Hope
this helps.
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If you really want to have a shutdown sound played, followed
shortly afterward by the system shutdown process, this is your
best bet at the moment. You would create your batch file using
Notepad and you save it with a .bat extension, not a .txt
extension. Once you've done that, you cannot edit the file
simply by double-clicking on it/activating it as this will run
the file and shut down your computer. If you need to tweak it
after you have it saved as a .bat file gain focus on the .bat
then use either the Applications/Menu key or Shift+F10 to bring
up the context menu and choose "Edit" from the options that show
up. This opens it again in notepad for tweaking.
--
Brian
Any idiot can face a crisis. It's the
day-to-day living that wears you out.
~ Anton Chekhov
