Turn Off Windows Explorer Click Sounds in Windows Vista
The Windows Explorer click sounds are enough to drive you crazy after a while. You'd think that the configuration option to turn them off would be a checkbox saying "Stop Annoying Me", but that's just not the case.
To open up the sounds configuration panel quickly, just type in mmsys.cpl into the start menu search box, and hit enter. You could also go to the Sounds and Audio devices in Control Panel, or even type Sound into the search box.
Click the Sounds tab and then browse down in the list to "Start Navigation"
You'll see that the dropdown box has "Windows Navigation Start.wav" selected. Change this to (None) at the top of the list.
Hit OK and your annoyance is over with.
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Thank you!!! I just bought a new Dell notebook loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium and I kept worrying that my hard drive was about to crash. I kept hearing this annoying clicking and just assumed that it was my hard drive. I knew it didn't sound like a normal hard drive so I was actually thinking of calling Dell and complaining. I had no idea the sound was being generated by Windows. You saved my nerves!!
Very helpful, thank you!
@Dwayne
That's hillarious!
thank good its now gone it was driving me mad
This didn't work for me. It's driving me mad. When i go to empty the junk folder in mail i still get the beeps.
Hi,
This didn't work for me either. There's a "None" on all the settings in my Sounds, however, that annoying click is always present whenever I open any window in any program, or when a new tab or window opens in IE, or in control panel, or any other program whatsoever. I had just installed the Windows Vista Basic Home.
Any hints will be appreciated!
Thanks!
I just installed Firefox 3 & the click came back just for Firefox. I figured it out. FF has a hidden setting that enabled the click. Go to:
About:Config
in the FF navigation bar
Then search "sound"
Then delete the setting for "browser.link.click_sound_url".
Restart FF & you're set.
Thank you! That noise was driving me nuts.
Thanks,
did not realize the annoying clicks were also in my recordings from mixer -wave input.
I routnely delete ALL wav files ona new install. There are NO default msft sounds I care to hear.