Selecting sounds from Windows and playing them

Question

I have a WinForms app. This app has a Preferences section where the user will be able to select which sounds are played when an alert is being displayed.

Is it possible

Answer 1

You do not require any API to play system sounds just write code like this:

// Plays the sound associated with the Asterisk system event.
System.Media.SystemSounds.Asterisk.Play();

The SystemSounds class contains the following predefined system sounds:

• Asterisk
• Beep
• Exclamation
• Hand
• Question

All other sounds require you read the desired sound from the registry and play it with code like this:

SoundPlayer simpleSound = new SoundPlayer(@"c:\Path\To\Your\Wave\File.wav");