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How to Play a .wav Sound or System Sound

The My.Computer.Audio.Play and My.Computer.Audio.PlaySystemSound methods can be used to play .wav sound files and system sounds.

My.Computer.Audio.Play(FileName, AudioPlayMode.Background)

My.Computer.Audio.PlaySystemSound(Media.SystemSounds.Asterisk)

Sample Code

Dim dr As DialogResult
Dim OpenFileDialogWav As New OpenFileDialog

OpenFileDialogWav.Filter = "Sound files (.wav)|*.wav"
dr = OpenFileDialogWav.ShowDialog()

If dr <> Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
    Exit Sub
End If

My.Computer.Audio.Play(OpenFileDialogWav.FileName, AudioPlayMode.Background)

To use the sample code, create a Windows Forms project and paste the code into a Button on the default form.

Download Sample Project

Also See

How to Play a .wma, .mp3 or other Music
How to Host Windows Media Player to Play Music & Video

All code examples on this site have been developed for .Net Framework 3.5