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I've used this before, but haven't tested it on Win 7 x64:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; Private Sub StopWav()<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; PlaySound vbNullString, ByVal 0&amp;, SND_PURGE<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; End Sub
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I've used this before, but haven't tested it on Win 7 x64:

    Private Sub StopWav()
        PlaySound vbNullString, ByVal 0&, SND_PURGE
    End Sub

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We have a legacy VB 6 app that uses the PlaySound function in winmm.dll to play .WAV files. &nbsp;Some sounds are played in a loop (SND_ASYNC+SND_LOOP) while others are not. &nbsp;The user silences the looping sounds by pressing a key which calls PlaySound again using a .WAV file that is empty and the options SND_PURGE + SND_NODEFAULT.<br />
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This code has worked for a long time (and continues to work) with WIndows XP 32-bit.<br />
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When run on a Windows 7 64-bit OS the single sound works as before but attempting to use the existing code to silence the looping sound does not work (the sound continues to play until the process is killed).<br />
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Anyone experience this behavior?<br />
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What is the fix for this?<br />
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Thanks!
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We have a legacy VB 6 app that uses the PlaySound function in winmm.dll to play .WAV files.  Some sounds are played in a loop (SND_ASYNC+SND_LOOP) while others are not.  The user silences the looping sounds by pressing a key which calls PlaySound again using a .WAV file that is empty and the options SND_PURGE + SND_NODEFAULT.

This code has worked for a long time (and continues to work) with WIndows XP 32-bit.

When run on a Windows 7 64-bit OS the single sound works as before but attempting to use the existing code to silence the looping sound does not work (the sound continues to play until the process is killed).

Anyone experience this behavior?

What is the fix for this?

Thanks!

Cannot silence a looping sound from a VB6 app

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