From: me@somewhere.invalid   
      
   Zaidy036  wrote:   
      
   >On 9/5/2022 6:13 PM, Zaidy036 wrote:   
   >> On 9/5/2022 1:01 PM, Terry Pinnell wrote:   
   >>> I have a program that sets alarms, and as well as displaying a message   
   >>> at the set date/time it is capable of playing a sound track (.WAV   
   >>> file).   
   >>>   
   >>> But that sound only plays if my speakers are switched on.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is there a command prompt or batch file that will 'beep' the internal   
   >>> 'sounder'? There always was one that got activated to tell you of a   
   >>> serious fault when failing to boot-up, so I'm hoping that still exists   
   >>> in modern PCs?   
   >>   
   >> ECHO -G  ?   
   >>   
   >Echo/| CHOICE /N 2> nul & rem BEL   ?   
      
   I'm a batch novice, but FWIW running neither of those produced any   
   sound.   
      
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