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Title: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: meebers on August 22, 2009, 09:38:07 PM

For what ever reason, I do not have any Avast sounds on Win7 RC.  No wav's in program events menu to select from.   ???

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: igor on August 22, 2009, 09:39:08 PM

32bit or 64bit Win7?

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: meebers on August 22, 2009, 09:40:53 PM

Win7=64bit,  Avast= ver 4.8

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: YoKenny on August 22, 2009, 10:47:07 PM

I noticed that as well on Win 7 32 bit avast! = 4.8.1351

I had to set up the sounds myself by navigating to the avast! sounds Folder:
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\English

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: meebers on August 23, 2009, 12:11:53 AM

Quote from: YoKenny on August 22, 2009, 10:47:07 PM

I noticed that as well on Win 7 32 bit avast! = 4.8.1351

I had to set up the sounds myself by navigating to the avast! sounds Folder:
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\English

That did it...I looked all over for Avast, now realize it was under Alwil first :P  On my XP machine the sounds were auto linked to the wav file(s).   Tx for the info, I am making notes for setup when I finally get the RTM version.

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: Yanto.Chiang on August 31, 2009, 01:33:22 PM

Dear All,

Your posted forum it was useful for me, i faced some issues with you and has been solved by your posted forum.

Thanks

Yanto Chiang

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: Yanto.Chiang on September 01, 2009, 04:00:07 AM

Dear All,

Previously i would like to say thanks for your input,

Anyway, after i tried it yesterday and avast osund back to normal again.
But when last nite since i scan whole my system, then i lost again the sound and i need to re-setting again the sound.

My question is whether avast 4.8 not compatible yet with Windows 7 for some features like avast notice sound?

Regards,
Yanto Chiang

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: gillest on November 19, 2009, 06:58:01 PM

Yanto,

did you ever find a fix to your problem because I have the same issue with Windows 7 Home 64 bits and Avast 4.8?

Thanks,

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: spg SCOTT on November 19, 2009, 07:01:34 PM

Quote from: gillest on November 19, 2009, 06:58:01 PM

Yanto,

did you ever find a fix to your problem because I have the same issue with Windows 7 Home 64 bits and Avast 4.8?

Thanks,

Apparently it is a Win 7 thing that the Devs know about...

Quote from: igor on November 12, 2009, 08:53:49 PM

Guys, I'd say you're confusing the original poster quite a bit ;) - as I believe he has avast! 4.8, right?

The problem with Windows 7 is that the sounds are bound to a particular profile, or that the profiles change quite often, I'm not completely sure - but the truth is that the sounds are registered only in the profile that was active when avast! was installed, and they may disapper if that changes.

Bob and YoKenny were referring to avast! 5, currently in beta; the problem should be solved there, because avast! doesn't register the sounds as system events, but simply handles them itself (so, they should always be played, independent of the current profile).

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=50819.msg430672#msg430672

-Scott-

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: gillest on November 19, 2009, 07:07:26 PM

Scott,

Thanks for the reply. I will cease searching for a solution and will just wait for Avast 5.... ;)

Gilles

Title: Re: No sound (.wav) on Win7
Post by: spg SCOTT on November 19, 2009, 07:09:29 PM

No Problem :)

Welcome to the forum.

-Scott-