How to customize the startup sound in Windows 10

It might be that the Windows startup sound is the first thing you hear when you wake up, or at least the second. So, to start the day in a better mood, what better than to personalize it with a sound that represents you. You can also set this welcome message as a reminder or a joke for those around you.

To carry out this task, we will teach you two simple steps that you can do in a few minutes. Simply create a “VBScript”, paste a code, and make other small configurations.

Step 1: Create the VBScript

First, you will need to create a VBScript that contains the custom message to be spoken. To create the VBScript, open a Notepad and paste the following code:

dim speech
text="Your message"
set speech=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
speech.speak text

Of course, where it says “Your message”, you will have to write your text to personalize the Windows welcome message. There you can put whatever you want, so the narrator relays the message.

A tip: The narrator will respect most types of punctuation you add to the text: comma, period, or apostrophe, but punctuation such as a question mark or an exclamation mark is not understood by the narrator.

Now you will have to save the file with the following extension: welcome.vbs

Note: don't forget the quotes around “Your message”, otherwise nothing will work.

Step 2: Place the VBScript in the Startup folder

Now you will have to add the file to the Windows startup folder. To do this, press the following key combination “Windows + R” and type “shell:startup” in the dialog box, and click “OK”.

In the Startup folder, you will have to copy the VBScript file you created in the previous step. From that moment, your Windows welcome message will be personalized. All that remains is to restart Windows and listen to the message.

If you want to delete the message, just remove the file from the “Startup” folder in Windows. If you want to change the welcome message, just right-click the file, choose “Edit”, change the message, and save it.

This method facilitates the personalization of the Windows welcome audio. However, the message can be delayed depending on the programs that start with the operating system.