Instructions on how to change the alarm when Logoff, Logon and shutdown on Windows 10

On previous versions of Windows 10, users can easily change the alarm when booting, locking the device and turning off the computer on their Windows computer. However, for some reason, Microsoft has removed the ability to customize the start-up tone and lock on Windows 10. However, you can 'bring back' this function on Wndows 10 with just a few steps. here.

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1. Edit the Registry

Note:

Registry Editor is a powerful tool, so before you go through the steps you should back up the Registry to avoid possible bad situations.

Steps to take:

First open the Registry Editor by clicking Start, then enter regedi t in the Search box and then press Enter to open the Registry Editor, then provide permission to change your computer.

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On the Registry Editor window, navigate to the key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERAppEventsEventLabels

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Now you will have to make some minor changes to the 3 subkeys located in the EventLabels key. The first is changing the sound off the device or also called System Exit . Under the EventLabels key in the left pane of the Registry Editor window, select the SystemExit subkey .

In the right pane, double-click on the value named ExcludeFromCPL.

By default, the value is set to 1. Your task is to change the value to 0 and click OK .

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The next step is to do the same as the previous step with the two child keys located in the EventLabels key: WindowsLogoff and WindowsLogon. Click to select each folder, open the ExcludeFromCPL value and change the value in the data value frame from 1 to 0.

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Restart your computer and check the changes. Open the Sound Control Panel application by right-clicking the speaker icon in the system tray and selecting Sounds.

You should now see the new actions (Exit Windows, Windows Logoff, and Windows Logon) available on the window and you can select any sound you want for these actions.

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If for some reason you want to hide these actions on the Control Panel window, just do the same steps on the Registry Editor and change each value of ExcludeFromCPL to 1 .

2. Use Registry editing available

If you don't want to edit the Registry manually, you can use the pre-edited Registry.

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Download the Shutdown-Logoff-Logon Sound Hacks to your computer and install it here.

After downloading the Zip Shutdown-Logoff-Logon Sound Hacks file to your computer, proceed to extract the file and you will see 3 folders available as System Exit Sound Hacks , Windows Logon Sound Hacks and Windows Logoff Sound Hacks .

In each directory you will see 2 files, which are Add system exit sound to control panel and Remove system exit sound to control panel . Double-click the file you want to use and follow the instructions.

Now the changes will be applied immediately, and you do not need to restart your Windows computer.

Refer to some of the following articles:

Instructions to disable Cortana on Windows 10 Anniversary Update

How to use Cortana to turn off or restart Windows 10?

Completely disabling virtual assistant Cortana on Windows 10

Good luck!

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Micah Soto

Update 26 May 2019

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