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Posted September 19, 2015
Hi fellow goglodytes!

Whenever I fast click five consecutive times the shift keyboard button I get the notification asking me should windows 7 turn sticky keys on and since I don't need them I usually choose the "No" option. But whenever that happens win7 plays a high pitch clicking sound (after the 5 presses, before me choosing "No") that I like, so my question is where is this sound located? The theme I'm using is modified, but without custom sounds, so I'm sure it's got to be somewhere common, the sound effects I've chosen are "Calligraphy", but unfortunately it seems it's not a part of it, or at least it's not listed a changeable sound.
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Posted September 19, 2015
Hello, you will find all your answers here, whether totally disabling that facily or just the associated sound for it.
Good luck!

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-the-irritating-sticky-filter-keys-popup-dialogs/
Posted September 19, 2015
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leon30: Hi fellow goglodytes!

Whenever I fast click five consecutive times the shift keyboard button I get the notification asking me should windows 7 turn sticky keys on and since I don't need them I usually choose the "No" option. But whenever that happens win7 plays a high pitch clicking sound (after the 5 presses, before me choosing "No") that I like, so my question is where is this sound located? The theme I'm using is modified, but without custom sounds, so I'm sure it's got to be somewhere common, the sound effects I've chosen are "Calligraphy", but unfortunately it seems it's not a part of it, or at least it's not listed a changeable sound.
C:\Windows\Media
Posted September 19, 2015
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leon30: so my question is where is this sound located?
Take a look at Windows\Media for it, and I think it's a normal alert/error sound, not a specific one. You will unfortunately have to check quite a few of the sounds to find the one you want though :/
Posted September 19, 2015
I had that problem and I just disabled the stupid sticky key. Of course being the computer guru I am, that took me 45 minutes. :P
Posted September 19, 2015
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leon30: [snip]
You can disable Sticky Keys very easily:  Go in Control Panel  ➜  Ease of Access Center  ➜  Make the keyboard easier to use, then uncheck "Turn on Sticky Keys".

If you only want to disable the sound, click on the "Set up Sticky Keys" link and uncheck "Make a sound when turning a setting on or off".

(see the attachments)
 
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Post edited September 19, 2015 by _Slaugh_
Posted September 19, 2015
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amrit9037: C:\Windows\Media
Just checked them, the folder Caligraphy and the ones in C:\Windows\Media and it's not there, where else could it be, is there a way to debug and see what files is executing after the 5 presses?
Posted September 19, 2015
maybe check the sound theme in controlPanel/sound/sounds
Posted September 19, 2015
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amrit9037: C:\Windows\Media
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leon30: Just checked them, the folder Caligraphy and the ones in C:\Windows\Media and it's not there, where else could it be, is there a way to debug and see what files is executing after the 5 presses?
Well it executes C:\Windows\System32\sethc.exe
Posted September 19, 2015
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amrit9037: C:\Windows\Media
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leon30: Just checked them, the folder Caligraphy and the ones in C:\Windows\Media and it's not there, where else could it be, is there a way to debug and see what files is executing after the 5 presses?
It's probably hardcoded in Windows 7, like many other system sounds.  To change the startup sound of Windows 7 for example, you need to hack imageres.dll with the help of a resource editor.  (e.g.  XN Resource Editor)
Posted September 19, 2015
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leon30: Just checked them, the folder Caligraphy and the ones in C:\Windows\Media and it's not there, where else could it be, is there a way to debug and see what files is executing after the 5 presses?
There are actually more beeps if you do enable sticky keys and then press Ctrl, Shift or the like. However, I doubt you'd be able to find them as separate files.

Here is some sticky keys beep music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKy7QcY95iM
Posted September 19, 2015
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ZFR: Here is some sticky keys beep music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKy7QcY95iM
It doesn't beat this:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx_vWkv50uk
Posted September 19, 2015
PlaySndSrv.dll

Remove .jpg extension from attached .wav file. I think that's what you're looking for.
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Posted September 19, 2015
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mike_cesara: PlaySndSrv.dll

Remove .jpg extension from attached .wav file. I think that's what you're looking for.
That's it! Thanks Mike! Btw I opened in the browser (IE 11) without renaming and it guessed the file right, despite the jpg extension, and it opened it in windows media player :)

How did you find it, Used some process explorer like the one in TuneUp Utilities that can show opened files for every process, and was it the only sound in this dll or was one of many?

And +1 to the other helpful fellow gogbears ;)

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_Slaugh_: It doesn't beat this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx_vWkv50uk
That's amazing LOL :D
Post edited September 19, 2015 by leon30
Posted September 19, 2015
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mike_cesara: PlaySndSrv.dll

Remove .jpg extension from attached .wav file. I think that's what you're looking for.
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leon30: That's it! Thanks Mike! Btw I opened in the browser (IE 11) without renaming and it guessed the file right, despite the jpg extension, and it opened it in windows media player :)

How did you find it, Used some process explorer like the one in TuneUp Utilities that can show opened files for every process, and was it the only sound in this dll or was one of many?

And +1 to the other helpful fellow gogbears ;)

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_Slaugh_: It doesn't beat this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx_vWkv50uk
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leon30: That's amazing LOL :D
Well..
Depends how deep you want to dig ; )

Dependency Walker - list of all dependent modules
ResourceHacker - easy way to extract resources
also some other useful tools like Process Explorer, Process Monitor from good old or [url=http://www.nirsoft.net/programmer_tools.html]NirSoft..

if you want more - OllyDbg, x64dbg, IDA 5.0..
Post edited September 19, 2015 by mike_cesara
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