DaWei

The internal speaker is not part of a "sound sytem". It is (or was, last time I looked) a simple one-bit port. Win32 Beep addresses that properly. You may, too, if you get beyond the privileged cage.

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Spectre5

I had the codec problem for some reason, not sure exactly why. I have played wav's many times....anyways, I just opened it with itunes and it did work with that. Nice work DaWei.

SittingDuck

Yes I've read the posts but I still don't understand...

DaWei

There was another thread asking if any binary information, such as that found in an exe file, could be 'converted' to sound. Actually, if I remember correctly, the questioner was hoping to use it as a method of concealment, or compression, or something, convert it back, and reuse it as an executable. My statement was that there was no need to convert the file, just wrap it in some sound-format definition and Bob's your aunt. There were some pros and cons expressed, so I just dood it. Rather than accept some user-specified file, I decided to back up my explorer.exe and hard-code it as the target file. There you have it. Simple as popping a pimple.

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Klipt

You also get wave editors that open .raw files (waves without the header info; you usually have to specify the sampling rate etc. on opening). So copy a file to a .raw and you'd have the same effect - not as much fun as coding your own though

DaWei

The thread was a jocular response and an enjoyable exercise. Feel free to drop your (working) alternative right here. Off the cuff what-if's and but-you-cans don't count.

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Klipt

My alternative was in Delphi - wouldn't it be sacrilege to put it in the C++ section?

Ooble

It is, but if this gets moved to its proper place in the Finished Projects forum, you should be good to go.

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badbasser98

I did create the explorer.bak file...

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nnxion

And you have it in the C:\windows\ folder?

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