How to Change or Turn On or Off the Clicking Sound while Browsing Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer
Information
This will show you how to either change or turn off the clicking sound you hear when clicking on links while browsing the internet in Internet Explorer, and when clicking on folders while browsing in Windows Explorer.
FIRST
To Turn Click Sound On or Off in IE9, IE10, and IE11
NOTE: You would use OPTION ONE or OPTION TWO below to turn the clicking sound on or off in IE8 and Windows Explorer. 1. Click/tap on the
Tools (
Menu bar) or
gears icon, click/tap on
Internet Options, and click/tap on the
Advanced tab. (see screenshot below)
2. To Turn Off Clicking Sound in IE9, IE10, or IE11
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Under Accessibility, uncheck Play system sounds, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)
3. To Turn On Clicking Sound in IE9, IE10, or IE11 A) Under Accessibility, check Play system sounds, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)
B) Now do either OPTION ONE or OPTION TWO below to make sure that you have a sound set to the Start Navigation sound event to play when you click on a link in IE9.
OPTION ONE
Using a REG File Download
1. To Turn Off Clicking Sound in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 3 below.
Disable_Navigation_Click_Sound.reg
2. To Restore Default Clicking Sound in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
Default_Navigation_Click_Sound.reg
3. Save the
.reg file to your desktop.
4. Double click/tap on the downloaded
.reg file to merge it.
5. Click/tap on
Run,
Yes (UAC-Windows 7/8) or
Continue (UAC-Vista),
Yes, and
OK when prompted.
6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .
reg file if you like.
OPTION TWO
Manually Through Sounds
1. Open the
Sound personalization window.
2. To Turn Off Clicking Sound in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer A) Under the Windows Explorer (Vista/Windows 7) or File Explorer (Windows 8) section, select Complete Navigation, and change it to (None) in the drop down Sounds menu. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: This is the default setting.
B) Under the Windows Explorer (Vista/Windows 7) or File Explorer (Windows 8) section, select Start Navigation, and change it to (None) in the drop down Sounds menu. (see screenshot below)
3. To Change the Clicking Sound in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer A) Under the
Windows Explorer (Vista/Windows 7) or
File Explorer (Windows 8) section, select
Start Navigation, click/tap on the
Browse button to navigate to and select the .wav
sound that you want to use instead. (see screenshot below)
B) Click/tap on OK.
4. To Restore Default Clicking Sound in Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer A) Under the
Windows Explorer (Vista/Windows 7) or
File Explorer (Windows 8) section, select
Complete Navigation, and change it to
(None) in the drop down
Sounds menu. (see screenshot below)
B) Under the
Windows Explorer (Vista/Windows 7) or
File Explorer (Windows 8) section, select
Start Navigation, and change it to
Windows Navigation Start.wav in the drop down
Sounds menu. (see screenshot below)
C) Click/tap on OK.
That's it,
Shawn