Windows 7: Disabling annoying system/folder "beep" sound

Okay, so, before anything else... I've already gone in and changed my system sounds. Everything but a handful of sounds (Device Connect/Disconnect, Email) have been turned off.


However, whenever I open a folder on my desktop and click anything within that folder - subfolder, back or forward button, the "address bar" (not sure what else to call it - its the bar where your system/folder location goes, like Music > Country), I get this annoying little beep sound like someone hit a high key on a piano.

I only ever hear it when I have my headphones on, thankfully... but it drives me absolutely NUTS when I do have them on!! And I cant find a single thing in Sounds to turn it off. And I wouldn't even begin to know how best to Google it to find an answer that way.


Also, I am aware I can just mute my system sounds (I had it that way before for this very reason) but since Windows Live Messenger is now Skype and does not notify about new emails (nor do they ever plan to apparently), I need my system sounds turned on so I know when I get email.


So, if any one knows how to turn this ever so "charming" notice sound OFF, please tell me. Thank you!

Go back into Sounds and under Windows Explorer turn off "Start Navigation". That should do it.

Have you disabled the Start Navigation sound under Sounds?

The Start Navigation sound is a click sound. It sounds nothing like hitting a high key on a piano.


Could you also say that it sounds a little bit like a doorbell? This is the Windows sound called "Ding" ("ding.wav"). It's at the top of the list of sounds when you're scrolling through the available sounds for each event.

I love you, lol.


Also, thank you pbcopter and TwoCables!


TwoCables - No, it doesn't sound like a doorbell, its a little "Tink!" sound - which sounds like someone hitting a high key on a piano. Though I guess it would be more correct to say they're half way hitting it. I used to play with my grandparents' piano all the time as a kid and when we half pressed a key, it made a sound like that.

You're welcome, but the Start Navigation sound to me sounds like a click, kind of reminiscent of a mouse click. To me, it doesn't sound anything like what you're describing. That's why I didn't think it was the Start Navigation sound.

I think its because of the sound theme mine was set to when I customized the sounds in the first place. I think the default sounds its a click sound, but it changes with other themes.

Oh. I didn't think of that. Yeah, that's the Garden theme.