Visual Alerts is a special feature that provides visual alerts to alerters sounds. That is, when an alert sound is heard, a visual alert will also appear.
The logic of using Visual Alerts is that you can instantly and quickly detect a sound alert that you could not hear for some reason. Either because you had low sound, or you were missing, or the sound was not sharp,
Windows 10 empowers users to customize visual notifications according to their wishes. The possibilities that you have in Visual Alerts notifications other than turning them off completely (Windows default), are:
- the title bar of the window that gave the sound notification may flash
- the entire window that gave the sound notification can be illuminated
- μπορεί να αναβοσβήνει όλη η screen on every sound notification
There are three ways to set up Visual Alerts, Settings, Control Panel, or through the registry. Let's look at these methods
To enable and configure Visual Alerts via Settings.
Step 1: Open the Settings app.
Step 2: Go to Ease of Access and select Sound under Hearing on the left.
Step 3: On the right, go to “Show audio notifications visually”.
In the drop-down list, select one of the following options depending on what you want: No visual notification (default), flash the title bar of the active window, light up the active window, or flash the entire screen.
To enable and configure Visual Alerts through the Dashboard.
Step 1: Open the classic app of "Control panel".
Step 2: Go to Panel Control > Ease of Access > Ease of Access Center.
Step 3: Click the "Use text or alternative visuals instead of sounds" link.
On the next page, select the option you want and press the OK button.
To enable and configure Visual Alerts through the registry
Step 1: Open the Registry Editor app.
Step 2: Go to the following registry key.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\SoundSentry
Step 3: On the right, modify or create a new flag flag flag (REG_SZ) named WindowsEffect.
Set WindowsEffect to one of the following values:
0 - None (disabled)
1 - Flashing title bar
2 - Bright window
3 - Full screen flashing
Step 4: To make the changes made to the registry, you must close the WindowsEffect window by pressing the OK button and then just close the registry editor.