{"id":28582,"date":"2022-09-22T10:47:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T05:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=28582"},"modified":"2022-09-22T13:13:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T07:43:35","slug":"system-sounds-wav-not-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/system-sounds-wav-not-playing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix: System Sounds Not Playing in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

On some systems, the system sounds don’t play even if the Sound Scheme is set to “Windows Default”. Also, if you open the Sounds Control Panel (mmsys.cpl<\/code>) and click “Test”, the audio may not be played.<\/p>\n

However, you may be able to play the C:\\Windows\\Media\\*.wav files (and any other audio file format) separately using Windows Media Player or any other player.<\/p>\n

Cause<\/h2>\n

If none of the system sounds files play in Windows, it’s due to a missing “wavemapper<\/code>” value in the following registry key:<\/p>\n

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Drivers32<\/pre>\n
Let’s see how to fix the issue.<\/p>\n
Solution<\/h2>\n
To fix the system sounds issue, follow these steps:<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. Start the Registry Editor (regedit.exe<\/code>)<\/li>\n
  2. Go to the following branch:\n
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Drivers32<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  3. In the right pane, create a new REG_SZ value named “wavemapper<\/code>” (if it doesn’t already exist.)<\/li>\n
  4. Double-click “wavemapper<\/code>” and set its value data to msacm32.drv<\/strong><\/code><\/li>\n
  5. If you’re using Windows 64-bit, make the above modifications in the following registry key as well:\n
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Drivers32<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  6. Exit the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    REG file to automate the above setting<\/h4>\n
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n;For Windows 64-bit\r\n\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Drivers32]\r\n\"wavemapper\"=\"msacm32.drv\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Drivers32]\r\n\"wavemapper\"=\"msacm32.drv\"\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n;For Windows 32-bit\r\n\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Drivers32]\r\n\"wavemapper\"=\"msacm32.drv\"<\/pre>\n
    \nAdditional Information: If you run Microsoft’s Autoruns tool, the wavemapper<\/code> entries show up in the “Codecs” tab.<\/p>\n
    \"wavemapper\n<\/div>\n
    Also, make sure that the digitally signed Microsoft Sound Mapper file “msacm32.drv<\/code>” exists in C:\\Windows\\System32<\/code> and C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64<\/code> directories. If it’s missing, run the sfc \/scannow<\/a> command.<\/p>\n
    Windows should be able to play system sounds for each event — e.g., empty recycle bin, low battery alarm, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    On some systems, the system sounds don’t play even if the Sound Scheme is set to “Windows Default”. Also, if you open the Sounds Control Panel (mmsys.cpl) and click “Test”, the audio may not be played. However, you may be able to play the C:\\Windows\\Media\\*.wav files (and any other audio file format) separately using Windows … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-28582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1378,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/system-image-backup-error-0x80070716-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":28582,"position":0},"title":"“System Image Backup” Error 0x80070716 After Upgrading to Windows 10","author":"Ramesh","date":"December 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"When you click the System Image Backup option in the File History window, Error 0x80070716 may be shown and the System Image Backup page doesn't open.An internal error has occuredThe specified resource name cannot be found in theimage file. 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