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How can I make the computer beep from a script/program called by the Windows task scheduler?

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Mar 15, 202624331 views
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I am using Windows 7 home edition. I want to make my computer wait a certain amount of time, then beep in warning right before it terminates a program. As a test, I wrote the following batch file to make Windows Media Player play the radio, wait 10 seconds, then beep and turn it off: Note: followin…

Error Output

@echo off
start "_" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" "http://www.cpr.org/content_category_templates/listenTemplate/listenCl…

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It's possible that there's a problem with trying to launch the media player system from a script. You can create a batch script with the character as you mentioned, and it will use the system beep. I don't think the method you were talking about act…

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