How to disable USB connect notification sound?
Mar 20
I've asked a similar question before, but that one was too much focused on fixing the underlaying problem. I don't have high hopes that this is fixable, it might be some sort of spasm of my mainboard.
I really would like to get rid of the USB connect notification sound. I've gone through the settings and managed to get rid of the notification, but the sound is still played.
So, how can I actually disable this sound? If I could disable all notification sounds that would be a valid solution. I haven't found a setting like this though. But I don't want to disable sound itself; I still want to have sound in my video games :)
The sound in question is a ding-ding, a lower note followed by a higher note when connecting a USB device, and the reverse sound - the higher note followed by a lower note - when disconnecting the USB device.
If there is no way to disable this sound cleanly in settings, I wouldn't mind a more hack-ish solution to simply delete the sound file, if someone could point me to it. If deleting the file could lead to problems or Windows unsolicitedly 'fixes' itself, maybe I could replace the file with an empty file?
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Accepted answer · original discussion
Mar 21
If you want to just disable USB sounds, either:
- right click on the volume icon in tray and select Sounds or:
- go to Settings -> Personalization -> Themes -> Sounds -> Sounds
Then in Program Events disable:
- Device Connect
- Device Disconnect
sounds by selecting {None} for them in the dropdown. Then you can also save the new scheme as a separate entry in case you want to switch back to the original.
You don't have to disable everything as in selecting no sounds for Sound scheme.
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