{"id":15437,"date":"2019-12-26T09:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T09:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=15437"},"modified":"2019-12-26T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T15:55:52","slug":"make-windows-10-play-shutdown-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/make-windows-10-play-shutdown-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Windows 10 Play Shutdown Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 shutdown sound not playing? Starting with Windows 8, sounds for the logon, logoff and shutdown events have been disabled completely, but the sound files remain in the system location: <em>C:\\Windows\\Media<\/em>. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to make Windows 10 play shutdown sound using Task Scheduler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Make Windows 10 Play Shutdown Sound<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To get started, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-open-task-scheduler-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">open Task Scheduler<\/a> and click on the <strong>Create Task<\/strong> link in the right Actions pane.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/task-scheduler.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/task-scheduler.png 598w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/task-scheduler-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>When the Create Task dialog opens, give the task a proper name like &#8220;<em>Play shutdown sound<\/em>&#8220;. Choose &#8220;<strong>Run whether user is logged on or not<\/strong>&#8221; and check the &#8220;<strong>Run with highest privileges<\/strong>&#8221; option. Next, click the &#8220;Configure for&#8221; drop-down and select <strong>Windows 10<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/create-task.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/create-task.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/create-task-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Switch to the <strong>Triggers<\/strong> tab and click on the <strong>New&#8230;<\/strong> button.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/triggers-tab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/triggers-tab.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/triggers-tab-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>On an event<\/strong> in the &#8220;Begin the task&#8221; drop-down. Click the Log drop-down to select <strong>System<\/strong>, enter <strong>1074<\/strong> (user initiated shutdown) in the Event ID text box and click OK.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/new-triggers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"485\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/new-triggers.png 571w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/new-triggers-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Move to the <strong>Actions<\/strong> tab and click on the <strong>New&#8230;<\/strong> button.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/actions-tab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/actions-tab.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/actions-tab-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Set the action type to <strong>Start a program<\/strong>. Type <strong>PowerShell<\/strong> in the Program\/script text box. Copy and paste the following command into the &#8220;Add arguments&#8221; text box. Click OK.<br \/>\n<code>-Command \"(New-Object Media.SoundPlayer 'C:\\Windows\\Media\\Windows Shutdown.wav').PlaySync()\"<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/new-action.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/new-action.png 454w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/new-action-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Conditions<\/strong> tab, uncheck the option &#8220;<strong>Start the task only if the computer is on AC power<\/strong>&#8221; and click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/conditions-tab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/conditions-tab.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/conditions-tab-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will be prompted to enter your current Windows password. Once it&#8217;s done, Windows 10 will play a sound every time you shut down your computer.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/task-scheduler-ask-for-password.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/task-scheduler-ask-for-password.png 322w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/task-scheduler-ask-for-password-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like the default shutdown sound which comes with Windows 10, you can change it to any other WAV file located in <em>C:\\Windows\\Media<\/em>. That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 shutdown sound not playing? Starting with Windows 8, sounds for the logon, logoff and shutdown events have been disabled completely, but the sound files remain in the system location: C:\\Windows\\Media. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to make Windows 10 play shutdown sound using Task Scheduler. 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