How to Stop Internet Explorer’s Annoying Clicking Sound

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This is one of those things which I cannot believe I tolerated in the past - The annoying clicking sounds IE makes every single time you click on a link.  Here’s how you turn it off.

  1. From the “Start” pop-up menu on your desktop, select your computer’s “Control Panel.”
  2. From this list, pick “Sounds and Audio Devices” (for Windows XP) or “Sounds and Multimedia Properties” (for Windows 2000). 
  3. From the tabs across the top, pick “Sounds.”
  4. Scroll down and you’ll find a category called “Windows Explorer.” The last item under this heading is “Start Navigation.” Click this to highlight it.
  5. In the box just below this, called “Sounds,” open the pop-up menu and scroll to the top to choose (None).
  6. Click the “OK” button to close the dialog window - and you’re done!

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…but then again - why are you using Internet Explorer?  You should be on Firefox!

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    1. Lisa Tan said,

      on March 6th, 2007 at 6:52 pm

      yeah, its kinda like the Princess and the Pea huh?

      you’re the princess and clicking sound is the pea..?

    2. James Yeang said,

      on March 6th, 2007 at 7:04 pm

      Yeah the clicking is a minor annoyance - but you don’t have to live with it you know what I mean?

    3. rf said,

      on March 31st, 2007 at 3:06 am

      Thank you so much for this info - that clicking sound was driving me crazy!! I adjusted something yesterday in my sounds and somehow turned that thing on - how annoying. Thanks again!

    4. James Yeang said,

      on March 31st, 2007 at 6:06 am

      No problems rf - it was my pleasure to help :)

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      on April 9th, 2007 at 11:43 am

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    6. Jerry M. said,

      on April 29th, 2007 at 3:56 am

      Bless you and all your offspring forever! The sounds kept growing and growing in my mind and now THEY ARE GONE! What a relief.

    7. Paul D. said,

      on August 10th, 2007 at 2:09 am

      Thanks, but why would anyone think that a parameter for Windows Explorer would actually effect what happens in Internet Explorer?

    8. James Yeang said,

      on August 10th, 2007 at 5:30 am

      @Paul - You can thank the creators of Windows for that
      or it may be part of their EU antitrust defense plan… you know, the one where they claimed IE and Windows are one and cannot be separated *conspiracy theory disclaimer :) *

    9. mehmet.com » Archive » Click… Click… Click… No more. said,

      on November 19th, 2007 at 6:19 am

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    10. Laurenz said,

      on November 30th, 2007 at 4:07 am

      So easy, so obvious… Still I din’t think of looking there and that stupid noise drives me creazy! Thanx for helping me keeping my sanity :-)

    11. Richard D. LeCour said,

      on December 1st, 2007 at 6:47 am

      Now where have I seen this before?! *lol* Long live Firefox!

    12. Scriptmarket said,

      on December 8th, 2007 at 1:00 pm

      just stop using internet explorer

      http://stopie.wordpress.com

    13. Fujilives said,

      on March 18th, 2008 at 8:50 am

      THANK YOU!!!

      This saved me some grief, I hate that sound.

    14. Dj Ric-Derr said,

      on March 31st, 2008 at 4:23 am

      I am so glad someone takes the time to post info like this. I just can not have annoying clicking sounds when I am Djing Live.
      Thanks,
      Dj Ric-Derr “C”

    15. keith said,

      on April 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

      many thanks.

    16. Anonymous said,

      on April 15th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

      Thanks! Man, that was soooo annoying

    17. dean friend said,

      on April 20th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

      thanks!!!

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