WIN 10 UPDATE OUTLOOK 2016 EMAIL PROBLEMS HOW TO
I also assume Outlook 2016 on Win 7 wouldn't have this problem, as Win7 doesn't have a notification center does it? So Outlook has to play the sounds itself? Likewise Office 2010 on Win10 probably would be fine, as 2010 didn't know how to use the notification center did it?
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I assume this is an Outlook/Win10 Notification Center interaction.
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So for now I think my path of least resistance is to put my WAV file into a special folder on my C: drive with the proper permissions just for it! I tried granting ALL APP PACKAGES rights to just the file in its normal location, but it won't play, I assume because it doesn't have a full permission "path" to the file. My normal location is in my documents folder, which is redirected to my server. This is unfortunate, as it means most people won't be able to play sounds from the music folders or other folders they collect stuff like this in. Once I granted that read & execute to my C:\Tools folder, it was able to play. You need to give Read & Execute to the following special Win10 security principal: I burn way too much time on little things like this, but I found it. I have tried the sound from a network share (DFS and not DFS), and from the local C: drive, in a folder with everyone having full control.Īlso, the sound plays fine when pressing the "test" button in the sounds control panel.Īgain, I can set it to the Microsoft provided wav files and it works just fine! I haven't tried them all, but I have done several. In any case, my sound is:Īnd that matches the specs of the Microsoft provided sounds. If I remember, on Win8, I had to change the WAV format or something. I have changed both the Desktop Mail Notification and New Mail Notification. When I change to my sound, it doesn't work. I can hear the default Microsoft provided sound just fine. I have confirmed that notifications are on. I CANNOT get my preferred "new email" sound to play. I had this problem with Outlook 2013 on Win8 and am now having a similar problem with Outlook 2016 on Win10.