Disable "unlock" sound in Windows 8
I hate when my PC gives me feedback with sounds, so the first thing I do after I install windows is disable all of them. Recently, I upgraded to Windows 8 and I can't find the option to disable the unlock sound.
I have all sounds disabled (including logon and logoff sounds), but this particular sound isn't in the list.
I tried deleting the file and it told me that I require permission from trusted installer. Then I rebooted into my other windows partition and tried again. I got the same message, even after taking ownership of the folder.
Finally I tried changing the location of the sound to point to an empty wav via regedit (in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps.Default\WindowsUnlock). Again, nothing happened.
How can I get rid of this annoyance for good?
Microsoft has removed options to change or disable Windows logon, logoff, exit and unlock event sounds from Windows 8 sound settings present in Control Panel. These steps will help you in bringing those sound options back in Windows 8.
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Press WIN+R key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type
regedit
and press Enter. It'll open the Registry Editor. -
Now go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\EventLabels
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Under this key, you'll find several sub-keys which are actually associated with all the sound options which are shown in Sound applet present in Control Panel.
Now scroll down a little and you'll find "WindowsLogon" key. Click on the key and in right-side pane, you'll notice the DWORD ExcludeFromCPL which would be set to
1
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Double-click on the DWORD and change its value to
0
or simply delete the DWORD. -
Do the same for other keys as well such as WindowsLogoff, WindowsUnlock and SystemExit.
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Close Registry Editor and open Sound applet from Control Panel and you'll get the options to customize Windows logon, logoff, exit and unlock sounds back.
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