How to play a standard windows sound?

Question

How do I find out which sound files the user has configured in the control panel?

Example: I want to play the sound for \"Device connected\".

Which API can b

Answer 1

PlaySound is the API ,also see Play System Sounds

Answer 2

Not Win32, but for .net anyway, you can do this using the following in C#:

System.Media.SystemSounds.Asterisk.Play();
// Plays the Asterisk sound (used for Information (i))
// Also available:
// Exclamation (Warning /!\)
// Hand (aka Critical Stop - Error (X))
// Question (?)
// Beep (aka Default Beep)

Answer 3

Take a look at these articles:

Playing .wav files using C#

Creating Your Own Sound Alerts