Windows 10: Can't get mail notification sound for Outlook 2016 tried everything

Can't get mail notification sound for Outlook 2016.
settings-apps and system sounds properly configured
tried every hint on the internet,registry + config

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mail notification sound change

Hi. There seems to be a disconnect between Office 365, Outlook 2016. Lenovo T440 running Windows 10

You can set from the control panel a sound for new mail notification, but this has no impact on the settings for Outlook 2016, I have a mail notification .wav file set, it previews but will not work with Outlook as Outlook keeps playing the default sound

 

Windows 10 - Outlook 2016 New mail notification sound

The link points to an article that proposes the same steps that the previous response also suggests. As I already responded, I already did all this. It has no effect.

However, meanwhile I have found the cause of the problem Windows 10 has a setting to control if it should "get notifications from these senders". This setting was set to on for "Outlook 2016". As long as this setting is on, Windows 10 seems to override
whatever settings Outlook has (including the "new mail notification" sound), "eat" the notification and always play its own Windows notification sound.

Turn off the "Outlook 2016" in the Windows notifications from these senders settings, and the "New mail notification" sound will be played as expected.

 

The older versions of Outlook were hard coded to look to a wav file and looks like that practice is still ongoing.

Backup and replace this file with a sound you like named the same way.
C:\Windows\Media\Windows Notify Email.wav

It worked for my Windows 10 / 2016 setup. You'll have to take ownership and full control of the file to replace it as well.

 

See if the following can help, if you have not tried it yet.

Turn Mail Notification Sound On/Off in Outlook 2016
http://www.technipages.com/outlook-t...on-sound-onoff

There are a lot more articles in the web for the same subject.