ORelio
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2 months ago Hi,
Thanks for this detailed suggestion.
Regarding the Unlock sound
Honestly, I was not aware this sound existed. I went and checked under Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11, and cannot find that sound in the Sound panel, although it is indeed present in registry starting with Windows 8:
Windows 7 - Not present in registry - Regular Logoff/Logon sounds heard when locking then unlocking the session.
Windows 8 - Present in registry, not present in Sound panel. No sound heard when locking then unlocking the session.
Windows 10 - Present in registry, not present in Sound panel. No sound heard when locking then unlocking the session.
Windows 11 - Present in registry, not present in Sound panel. No sound heard when locking then unlocking the session.
I could not get this sound event to work, but this should not be an issue, see below.
Regarding sound event implementation
On Windows Vista & 7, the following sounds should be heard for the following events:
- First logon after boot: built-in startup sound from the system (Except Vista which plays built-in sound before logon, so first logon after boot plays the Logon sound)
- Switch user: Logoff sound
- Lock workstation: Logoff sound
- Logoff: Logoff sound
- Resume session: Logon sound
- Unlock workstation: Logon sound
- Subsequent logon after boot: Logon sound
- Shutdown system: Shutdown sound
Since Windows 8 and above play no Logon, Logoff or Unlock sound from my testing, I reimplemented the sounds in SoundManager as they were played before by explorer.exe, so they should be the same as Windows 7:
- Launching the SoundManager process: Determine what sound to play
- First launch after reboot:
- Play Windows startup sound disabled in the Sound applet: Startup sound
- Play Windows startup sound enabled in the Sound applet: Nothing
- Subsequent launch: Logon sound
- SessionLock event: Logoff sound
- This event also fires when switching users
- SessionUnlock event: Logon sound
- This event also fires when switching users
- Application close event: Determine what sound to play
- If the event cause is System shutdown then play Shutdown sound
- Otherwise, play Logoff sound
Indeed, Windows XP has the following behavior regarding Subsequent logon after boot and Logoff:
- First logon after boot: Startup Sound
- Switch user: Logoff sound
- Lock workstation: Logoff sound
- Logoff: Shutdown sound
- Resume session: Logon sound
- Unlock workstation: Logon sound
- Subsequent logon after boot: Startup sound
- Shutdown system: Shutdown sound
I never really payed attention to this difference because I rarely login again or logoff on my own computer. I think the easiest fix will be adding a setting in config file you'll be able to toggle to have XP behavior for subsequent logons and logoff:
- Launching the SoundManager process: Determine what sound to play
- First launch after reboot:
- Play Windows startup sound disabled in the Sound applet: Startup sound
- Play Windows startup sound enabled in the Sound applet: Nothing
- Subsequent launch:
- XP MODE: Startup sound
- Otherwise: Logon sound
- SessionLock event: Logoff sound
- This event also fires when switching users
- SessionUnlock event: Logon sound
- This event also fires when switching users
- Application close event: Determine what sound to play
- If the event cause is System shutdown OR XP MODE then play Shutdown sound
- Otherwise, play Logoff sound
Putting that on the TODO list.
Why am I suggesting this? Ever since Windows 8, you can make Windows play a unique sound when unlocking the session called "Windows Unlock.wav" by default. (Ignore the XP Royale themed windows, I'm on a Windows 10 setup)
Another reason, which explains why I'm also suggesting a lock sound as well is because in Windows XP, the shutdown sound would also play when logging off, while the logoff sound would only play if you lock your session, while the startup sound always plays whenever you sign in and the logon sound would only play whenever you unlock your session.
So, currently, it is impossible to replicate Windows XP and older versions' behavior with Sound Manager