Windows 10: Change the Windows startup sound

Hello,I just got a new laptop with Windows 11. While trying to personalize it, I keep running into a roadblock. One of the things I have always been able to do is to change the sound that plays when Windows starts. I cannot get that to happen with Windows 11. Under the sound settings, the box is checked for "Play Windows Startup sound". It does play a "ding dong" sort of sound when Windows starts. The geek in me wants my favorite sound to play. It's a wav file of Darth Vader saying, "What is thy bidding, my master". I have that file saved but I just cannot get it to play. What did Microsoft ch

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Windows Startup Sound

Hi Peck,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

As per the previous posts I understand that you are referring to Startup sounds in Windows 10.

If so, I suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.

Make sure that your device speakers are working fine before performing the troubleshooting steps.

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  Right click on the Volume icon on the Task bar.
  
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  Select Sounds option from the list.
  
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  Select Sounds tab.
  
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  Check mark on Play Windows Startup sound option.
  
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  Under Program Events: click on any option and under Sounds: select Windows Startup from the list.
  
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  Click on Browser button and select a
  Sound.
  
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  Try to restart the computer and check if it helps.
  

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue, we will be happy to help you further.

 

How to change Windows starting sound in Win7?

Right click on your desktop then from the list choose Personalise and this window should open.




If you look at the bottom of my pic you should see the windows sounds option, I have put a red circle round this in the pic.

Click on sounds and another box will load and here you should have the option to change the startup sound.





You can choose you own sound by using the browse button.

You can also use the dropdown list to set a windows sound and this should not effect any other sounds as far as i remember.

 

Windows 10 startup and shutdown sounds

In that case please create a local account and perform the steps to change the Startup sound normally.

Control Panel > Sound > Sound tab > Select "Windows Logon Sound" from the list > Browser and select the media