Hi all,

I just have clean my computer and format it. I evidently install WLM9 and Plus !

I have configured everything as usual, making visual and sounds alerts for "deconnexion", "name change" and "personal message change".

But there is a problem, the visual alerts work good, but there is no sound for any of it :/ just for the normal connexion alert.

I have uninstall Plus ! entirely and then install it again, but nothing changes.

Any idea?

Thanks, Tom

You have to manually set a specfic sound to be used for Messenger Plus! alerts...did you do this?

If so, is the file still in the same place as when you set the alert?

I never had to set manually a sound before, it was working without that

You have to select a file by pressing the three dots next to the "Sound File" textbox and navigating to a file....otherwise no sound will be played

Ok thanks

But before, I didn't need to do that, I was having a sound immediatly

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Originally posted by Tominho
Ok thanks

But before, I didn't need to do that, I was having a sound immediatly

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But, was I the only one who don't select manually the alerts sounds ?

'Cause I can swear that, with just selecting to put a sound, without choosing it, there was an automatic sound, different from the connexion one, for all the alerts...

Don't set your status to busy?

I never set my status to busy, exept when I'm going to work... :/

It's weird because before "formating" (I don't know the word in english), I was having WLM 9 + Plus ! and I had sounds !

When no sound is set, the defautl alert sound of Messenger is played instead. In Messenger 2009, this sound has a very low volume, maybe that's why you'Re not hearing anything?

As I said, before "formating" my computer, everything was working perfectly with the sound playing for each alert.

And when manually I put the sounds now, I don't find the "default" one you're talking about Patchou? Is there any way to find it ?

I was dreaming the new version would correct it but...

Patchou have you got the "default" sound that was used before for the alert statut ? Can you put it somewhere to download it please ?

That default sound is not something you select (well, you can, but you don't have to). You simply need to leave the filebox (beside the "file sound:" label) blank, thus don't select a file or clear the box if there is a file listed in there.

This is also explained in the tooltip when you hoover over the filebox:




What Patchou said is that in WLM9 this default sound is not very loud, in fact it is very silent and very short. It is very easy to not notice it playing. So if you have a slightly different volume set or the sound settings in Windows are a bit different than what they were before you formatted, then it is possible that you don't hear a thing, eventhough the default sound is in fact playing properly.

The default sound for notifications is found in Windows Live Messenger's installation directory and is named "newalert.wma". But as said, you don't really need to select it, just leave the file box blank. You can however try to play it with your external media player to hear how 'loud' it is.

Thanks for your answer.

The thing is, I always select "play a sound" without choosing it manually before, and I had a clear sound, as loud as the connexion one. This sound was really different from the "newalert.wma".

So I'm very disappointing 'cause , I don't ear any sound, even if I put the Pc volume up. And it's doing it on a pc which was just formate, and a notebook which was having previous versions of MSN and Plus ! Although, I was having the "sound" on my Notebook before installing the new WLM. Maybe there is a link with that, and that the new version cancelled the "basic sound" that was playing on Plus !

I'm disappointed to see that it seems that I'm the only one to have a clear sound without choosing a sound manually

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Originally posted by Tominho
Thanks for your answer.

The thing is, I always select "play a sound" without choosing it manually before, and I had a clear sound, as loud as the connexion one. This sound was really different from the "newalert.wma".

So I'm very disappointing 'cause , I don't ear any sound, even if I put the Pc volume up. And it's doing it on a pc which was just formate, and a notebook which was having previous versions of MSN and Plus ! Although, I was having the "sound" on my Notebook before installing the new WLM. Maybe there is a link with that, and that the new version cancelled the "basic sound" that was playing on Plus !

I'm disappointed to see that it seems that I'm the only one to have a clear sound without choosing a sound manually

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Damned, I was loving this sound, it was perfect

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Originally posted by Tominho
Damned, I was loving this sound, it was perfect

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Oh yeah it's working

I replace the newalert by the old one, and test it. If you don't select it manually il the Plus ! options, it does'nt work, but if you go and select it, it's working

Thx a lot