From: Eric@Bloch.com   
      
   On 9/7/2022 5:04 AM, Terry Pinnell wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   "CHOICE" worked on my Win 10 Pro BUT just checked and have external   
   speaker. It gives a beep-beep due to error in choice not valid.   
      
   Check if Choice is available by opening cmd window and type: Choice /?   
      
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