Tim,
I suppose it COULD be an OS problem, but I just don't know. What are you using? My test was NT4, SP4.

If you click on the WAV file (in Explorer) does it play?


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>set bell to 'd:\apps\priority\standby.wav'
>??chr(7)
>retu
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>This produces silence as with any wav I use. But I can run the wav succesfully in media player et al.