Closed Anixx closed 6 months ago
Services installation should not start by itself. It starts when the user clicks on Install. Did you choose to hide installation prompt and it installed itself in a second session or not?
To remove it: stop this service in services and delete its file located in C:\Program Files\WinPaletter\Data\Services
Startup sound is not managed by this service. Anyway, you can disable or enable this sound in sounds control panel applet
What's the name of the service in Services.msc?
Services installation should not start by itself. It starts when the user clicks on Install.
I think, I clicked on cancel or closed the dialog. I definitely did not click on install.
There is no folder C:\Program Files\WinPaletter\Data\Services
Still after WinPaletter installation I get very distinct and very loud startup sound. In the Sound control applet SystemStart has no sound assigned:
Wait, maybe the sound is because the checkbox "play system start music" is on. But the sound is not similar to the default startup sound. I think, I always had startup sound but what made me worried is that now the sound is very different from default.
WinPaletter.SystemEventsSounds
In the Sound control applet SystemStart has no sound assigned
WinPaletter saves startup sound to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemStart\.Current
and it is playable in Windows XP. It has no use in newer versions of Windows.
In the Sound control applet SystemStart has no sound assigned
WinPaletter saves startup sound to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\.Default\SystemStart\.Current
and it is playable in Windows XP. It has no use in newer versions of Windows.
This registry place is empty on my system, but the sound is played.
Service name is
WinPaletter.SystemEventsSounds
The sounds being played on startup is actually unlock sound.
I tried to reproduce this issue. But it didn't install itself after clicking cancel or hiding it.
I'll investigate about installation of service inspite of cancelling it or hiding it.
Another thing that happened is that when I was exitting WinPaletter, I wanted to exit without applying the theme, but I did not know what to chose in the exit dialog. WinPaletter applied the them contrary to my wish, so I had to restore the previous settings manually. Maybe, at this point it changed the startup sound...
The current startup sound is VERY loud, far different in this from the standard system sounds.
This registry place is empty on my system, but the sound is played.
That is because of patched imageres.dll
The current startup sound is VERY loud, far different in this from the standard system sounds.
You can try restoring default startup sounds by two methods:
or 2. Open command prompt elevated and run SFC /scanfile=%windir%\System32\imageres.dll
then restart your Windows
Another thing that happened is that when I was exitting WinPaletter, I wanted to exit without applying the theme, but I did not know what to chose in the exit dialog.
To do nothing on exiting WinPaletter, check these options.
That is because of patched
imageres.dll
I did not patch imageres.dll ever. Was it patched by WinPaletter? How can I restore the original one?
- Open command prompt elevated and run
SFC /scanfile=%windir%\System32\imageres.dll
then restart your Windows
I did this, it says the system protection could not find any integrity violations. But it still plays startup sound.
What's the difference between cancel, close, and "do actions"?
If it is playing the logon sound, chow can I restore the default one?
- I tried to reproduce this issue. But it didn't install itself after clicking cancel or hiding it.
I have just reroduced it again. After clicking "Cancel" at the time of first start, in the Control Panel appeared a new WinPaletter icon. If to chose to uninstall it, appears a dialog about installation, not de-installation:
Should I click "Start" to uninstall it?
How can I restore the original one?
imageres.dll
I did this, it says the system protection could not find any integrity violations.
This means that imageres.dll
is not patched. Maybe the loud sound is from the service.
What's the difference between cancel, close, and "do actions"?
If it is playing the logon sound, chow can I restore the default one?
I have just reroduced it again. After clicking "Cancel" at the time of first start, in the Control Panel appeared a new WinPaletter icon.
Should I click "Start" to uninstall it?
No, it will install it again. Go to WinPaletter Settings > Users and services > Uninstall
Cancel will cancel exit process (Closes the dialog and WinPaletter won't exit)
Close will close this dialog and nothing will be done
Cancel and close do the same?
- How did WinPaletter appear in Control Panel? Please show me this if it is possible.
No, it will install it again. Go to WinPaletter Settings > Users and services > Uninstall
I do not see this option. WinPaletter re-appears in Control Panel when I start it. If I click in Control Panel on "uninstall", the Service Installer dialog as above appears. If I click "Start" it says it is uninstalled, and disappears from Control Panel. But the startup sound remains. If I start WinPaletter it re-appears again without any action from my part.
Cancel and close do the same?
WinPaletter re-appears in Control Panel when I start it.
This is a normal behaviour of WinPaletter and it is not related to service installer. It is used to delete registry data of WinPaletter and files of WinPaletter in AppData
and Program Files
. Everytime you open WinPaletter it will create an uninstaller entry in control panel
If I start WinPaletter it re-appears again without any action from my part.
Hide dialog
option won't be remembered.But the startup sound remains.
I want to know if this is the same sound of Windows 11 startup sound or another sound that plays with your device startup, so that I can differentiate its source (imageres.dll
or service
) and then we can restore the original sound.
Please check your Task Scheduler and open the WinPaletter entry to identify any remnants from older WinPaletter versions.
- Close won't do any checked option and WinPaletter will exit.
This is not intuitive, I thought it means "close the exit dialog".
Everytime you open WinPaletter it will create an uninstaller entry in control panel
A counter-intuitive behaviour here is that the uninstaller entry shows the "install service" dialog which makes impression yu cannot proceed with uninstallation without pressing "Start" button in the dialog.
I want to know if this is the same sound of Windows 11 startup sound or another sound that plays with your device startup, so that I can differentiate its source (
imageres.dll
orservice
) and then we can restore the original sound.
The sound is not standard Windows sound. Or at least it is very loud compared to other sounds. It is the same as "Logon" sound in WinPaletter sound settings.
Please check your Task Scheduler and open the WinPaletter entry to identify any remnants from older WinPaletter versions.
Indeed, there is a WinPaletter task in task scheduler. Even after uninstalling WinPaletter.
Indeed, there is a WinPaletter task in task scheduler. Even after uninstalling WinPaletter.
Delete these tasks and tell me if the sound will be played again or not. Newer versions of WinPaletter don't use tasks scheduler anymore.
It is the same as "Logon" sound in WinPaletter sound settings.
Erase textbox contents of logon sound and quick apply the theme (if the first trial didn't work).
A counter-intuitive behaviour here is that the uninstaller entry shows the "install service" dialog which makes impression yu cannot proceed with uninstallation without pressing "Start" button in the dialog.
I'll fix this conflict.
WinPaletter installed the system sounds service without permission. During installation I closed the dialog that was prompting to instal it.
After that I tries to remove it by uninstalling WinPaletter via control panel, but the startup sound still is played on login.