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tostane Sep 23, 2014 @ 8:28pm
how do i stop that ding ding sound in the steam client its very disturbing to me.
how do i stop that ding ding sound in the steam client its very disturbing to me.
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TirithRR Sep 23, 2014 @ 8:30pm 
Turn down the volume :)
Ninja Gaijin Dec 25, 2020 @ 10:26pm 
From another thread:

Arnemsis 14 Apr, 2017 @ 8:58pm
Originally posted by Tits McGee:
Sorry, bro. You can't remove that sound. The only sounds you can remove are when friends join a game, when you receive a message, when a friend comes online, or when a screenshot is taken in-game.
When Steam makes that sound, it means you have to either close out the prompt or agree to whatever it's telling you to do.

Sorry, bro. You CAN remove that idiotic sound.

To remove that sound just rename the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\resource\warning.wav or delete it.

However... Steam checks its files on each startup and will replace it with the original one. This slows down the bootup of steam and you have to do it again.

I wrote two short batchfiles to remedy this situation.

You need two batch files, Steam.bat and Steam2.bat. When you start Steam.bat a copy of the original wav file is created and after steam is started it gets removed. After closing Steam the wav file will be restored again so you don't have to wait for the lenghty steam process on each start.


Steam.bat

copy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\resource\warning.wav" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\resource\warning.bak"
start "" /MIN "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam2.bat"

:loop
tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq SteamService.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "SteamService.exe">NUL
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto delwav
goto loop

:delwav
del "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\resource\warning.wav"
exit


Steam2.bat

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe"
copy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\resource\warning.bak" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\resource\warning.wav"
exit

I put Steam2.bat where my Steam.exe is and Steam.bat on the desktop.

it's quick and dirty.
Last edited by Arnemsis; 16 Apr, 2017 @ 7:51pm

source: https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/864974467315942557/

An easier method is to just mute the volume for Steam in your sound options, however this has other consequences. I don't use steam voip so not sure if it affects that but it does affect library streaming across a network (games don't have sound if you mute Steam).
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