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So I'm trying to figure out how to play from my selection of .wav files for a single notification on windows sounds. Windows will only accept .wav but it needs to be at random from my folder.

I was thinking maybe I could use a dummy .wav file that runs a Self-extracting archive that contains a script for it. But I have no idea on how to disguise the zip file as a wav file.

I've read there are different binder softwares but I'm trying to avoid them.

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Are you selecting the .wav file to be played via registry?

You could go about it from the other way around:

You can open a script instead of the .wav file, and let the script choose a random .wav file to play (but you'd have play this file in the background, i imagine).

Or, you can execute a script that selects a random .wav file from your list and renames it to the file to be played - either when the notification appears if that's possible, or you can periodically rename random files.

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  • I don't think i can do the former. The latter is doable but how do i create a service that listens for a notification sound?
    – Charlie Conte
    Commented Jan 4, 2021 at 10:19
  • How are you selecting the wav to be played in the first place? I didn't have in mind listening to notification sounds - I thought about executing a script before playing a .wav file when the notification appears.
    – GChuf
    Commented Jan 4, 2021 at 13:18
  • i will probably write a small script that will return a random wav from a list and then set that to the registry key associated with the sound has played. this way the new file will be ready to play the next time its needed
    – Charlie Conte
    Commented Jan 4, 2021 at 13:38

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