The method takes the help of a text file to play the computerized audio recording of any welcome message you would like to hear at Windows startup. You can follow the steps below to add the customΒ welcome message to Windows 10 or earlier versions.
- First of all, open a new Notepad file. You can do so by typingΒ NotepadΒ in the Start Menu search or finding it in the context menu after a right-click.
- Now, type the following code in the notepad file.dim speech
- welcome=βHello Slave. Iβm your master.β
- set speech=CreateObject(βsapi.spvoiceβ)
- speech.speak welcome
- Note: You can change the text βHello Man. How are you?.β as per your liking. Make sure the inverted commas are present.
- Now, save the notepad file asΒ welcome.vbs. You can use any name, just make sure the file extension isΒ .vbs.You can test the file if it works or not. Just double-click on the file and the sound will start playing. Else, error message will be displayed.
- Now, if youβre using Windows 7, you can type βStartupβ in the Start search to locate the startup folder. If youβre using Windows 10/8, pressΒ Windows+RΒ to open the RUN dialog box. Now, typeΒ shell:startupΒ and press enter.
- Once youβre in the Windows Startup folder, copy the welcome.vbsΒ file you created on the desktop and paste it in the Startup folder.
- All are set. Now, restart your computer to hear the welcome message.