Eun/MoveToDesktop

Unwanted sound when moving to desktop using the "Move To" menu

veriton opened this issue · 7 comments

veriton commented

This is a nice utility, thanks :)

When I pick a Desktop from the "Move To" menu it makes a sound though. I don't know if this is something to do with my system (Win 10 Anniversary Update x86-64) as a quick scan through the main.cpp code doesn't seem to be calling anything to make a sound. If it is a deliberate choice I would prefer an option in MoveToDesktop.ini to disable it..

Note: when I use the WIN+ALT+LEFT/RIGHT shortcut key it doesn't make a sound.

Simon

Eun commented

Uh oh, never heard this before, can you record the sound? Is it a windows sound?
MoveToDesktop should not play any sounds...

lukaszadamski commented

I also get sound when I move any window. It is a standard sound signal.

veriton commented

Yes, it's a standard Windows notification/alert for me - perhaps as a result of some call failing? Note the sound doesn't happen with the keyboard short-cut so perhaps that may narrow down the suspects in the code.

lukaszadamski commented

Surprisingly this sounds also happen to me with keyboard shortcut. but... not all the times... when I move chrome it happens, when word or notepad++ not :)

It doesn't bother me, just letting you know.

Eun commented

If you set Sound Scheme to No Sounds does it still play?
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dasebasto commented

Here is what happens on my computer:

  • Moving a Chrome window using hotkey -> sound
  • Moving a Chrome window using context menu -> no sound
  • Moving a Explorer.exe window using hotkey -> only in some windows/circumstances, the sound plays (when I release the Alt key, not before. this is different from the Chrome case, where the sound is played immediately, when the window disappears)
  • Moving a Explorer.exe window using context menu -> no sound
  • Moving Notepad++, Android Studio (and some other apps) window (and using hotkey or context menu-> no sound

The sound is a default sound from Windows called "Default Beep". As expected, it does not play if Windows Sound Scheme is set to "No sounds".

Good luck with the investigation :)

linusfr commented

Hey, first of all, thank you for this nice addition to the desktop environment.
I know this is already a year old, but did you work on this sound problem? I have it as well. But only with Chrome, everything else doesnt make a sound moving it. When is the "Default Beep" sound as well, and it does not play if i disable windows sounds.

I am on the Windows 10 Education edtition. The version ist 1709.