Change the Notification Sound Using Control Panel

Control Panelis where you go to manage necessary Windows tweaks.

In the Control Panel, click “Hardware and Sound” and then “Sound.”

you’re free to select a sound and then click “Test” to hear it.

A Windows 11 PC.

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Now, you will hear the sound you selected whenever you receive a notification.

In the worst case, yourcomputer may fail to boot at all.

Be sure then toback up the registryfirst andcreate a restore point.

Sound option in the Control Panel

This way, you canrestore your computerto a working state if something goes wrong.

double-check to remove the double quotes.

Then, click “OK.”

After that,start your computerfor the changes to take effect.

Notification option in the Sound window

To begin, download the sound effects to your gear.

you’re free to use websites likeFindSoundsandFreesoundto download your favorite sound effects for free.

Then, select “Notifications” in the Program Events section and click “Browse.”

Test button in the Settings app

grab the downloaded sound effect and click “Open.”

Then, click “Apply” and “OK” to save the changes.

Now go forth and edit your Windows notification sound to your heart’s content!

Copy as path in the right-click context menu

Value data field in the Registry Editor

Windows Default (modified) option in the Sound window

Browse option in Sound window

Open option in File Explorer