November 26, 2013

Disable clicking sound in Windows Explorer & Internet Explorer

Are you irritated by the clicking sound while navigating in Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer (IE)? If so, this Techbit is for you. Are you annoyed about bad things happening to good people? To make matters worse, are you bothered about good things happening to bad people? Well, neither can this Techbit be of help nor can I comprehend the rationale. Are you miffed at why the subject of this Techbit is not yet covered? Here we go, I can help you here and jump right into the topic!

Windows XP

  • Click Start
  • Click "Control Panel"
  • Click "Sounds and Audio Devices"
  • Click the Sounds tab
  • Scroll down the list under Program Events
  • Under the Windows Explorer section, highlight Start Navigation
  • Under the Sounds box, select (None) > OK, close Control Panel

Windows 7
  • Click Start
  • Click "Control Panel"
  • Click "Hardware and Sound"
  • Under Sound, Click "Change system sounds"
  • Scroll down the list under "Program Events"
  • Under the Windows Explorer section, highlight "Start Navigation"
  • Under the Sounds box, select "(None)"
  • Click OK
  • Close "Control Panel"

That should shut it!

Note that you would normally need to do this only once. That is unless the OS is re-installed on your computer after which the defaults would have to be changed again.

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