how can i get my yahoo messenger to play sounds again?

   You need to set your preferences within Messenger to enable these alert sounds. In the upper left corner of your main Messenger window click "Messenger" then "Preferences" then "Alerts and Sounds."

   First check the box at the top in front of "Enable Alert Sounds." Highlight each option you'd like to hear sound for, then beneath that you will need to check the box in front of "Playing a sound". You can use the Browse button to search for other sounds within the Y! Messenger sound files and use the arrow button to play the sound you've selected so you can hear it before you apply the change.

   When you are satisfied with your selection click the "Apply" button then the "OK" button.

   If you've done all that or the settings are already correct than most likely they are playing but you just can't hear them. For some odd reason Yahoo! decided that they needed to change the sounds on the latest versions of Messenger. These new sounds are different than the old ones and much quieter, in fact they are very difficult to hear. So many people complained that Y! had to make a way to get the old ones back. It sounds like you have already tried to re-download the old ones from http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/messenger/messeng...

If not, that's where you get them.

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