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MicahBurke
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MicahBurkeCommunity Expert
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May 5, 2010
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Stop the beeping!!!

  • May 5, 2010
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Seems like if I have something selected and use the keyboard shortcut to zoom in, the hold space bar to get the Hand tool, Illustrator CS 5 beeps. There seems to be so much beeping in the app that I've turned my sound off.

Any way to stop the beeping aside from not using the tools Illustrator gave us!?

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    Only satisfying solution (apart from installing additional software) that I've found is to just use Alt Gr+scroll instead of alt+scroll. Alt Gr doesnt seem to activate the menu.

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    andresh55631926
    andresh55631926
    Participant
    October 10, 2016

    i found the ultimate solution for cs6 bip, u have to go to windows sounds, search for DEFAULT BIP, in the lower part there is a menu, you have to select the first choice, No sound

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    owais91
    Participant
    August 18, 2016

    Actually this annoying beep has nothing to do with adobe Photoshop. You just need to adjust some windows settings-

    1. Go to windows control panel

    2.open "manage audio devices"

    3.it will pop up a window named "sound"

    4.click on sounds and you will see a list "program events"

    5. scroll it a bit and you will find "default beep"

    6. Adjust it to "none" from the drop down menu given below.

    And enjoy Photoshopping without getting distracted.

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      StefanoAscari
      Participant
      September 13, 2016

      @owais91: False. All you did was resolve the sound notification issue associated with typing while being in active menu mode. What really needs to happen is one of the following 2:

      - disabling activation of the menus in all Adobe programs through hitting "Alt"

      - substitute alt+scrollwheel for zoom in/out with a different combination.

      Adobe, this is a no-brainer. Please fix.

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      Daz1
      Participant
      June 5, 2016

      The beeping is still a problem (CC 2015).

      I have read the entire thread, and although its not a fix, I think the easiest solution for me is to switch of the error sound in the Windows 10 control panel.

      Thanks to the other posters above for suggesting it and giving details on how to do it.

      luci_flash
      luci_flash
      Participant
      April 26, 2016

      Yep, still a problem, in CS5, CS6 and now CC.

      I did not like the proposed solutions (ie sounds off and autokey), but looking through the settings menu I did find a solution.

      Basically there's an option to zoom in and out using only the scroll-wheel. So there's no need to use the ALT key anymore. I realised that I wasn't using the scroll-wheel for anything else, to this is a perfect solution for me.

      In CS6 you can find this option in Preferences->General->Zoom with scroll-wheel

      In CC it's in Preferences->Tools>Zoom with scroll-wheel

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      burbalade
      Participating Frequently
      April 3, 2016

      This is still a problem, I don't know why people keep saying that it isn't. I'm using Photoshop CC 2015. I use alt+spacebar and vertical/horizontal movement on my Wacom tablet to zoom and I also use alt to select clone source. I'm constantly activating the file menu when I don't want to.

      I've tried Photoshop assistant as well as the AutoHotKey fix above. They both fix it for 10 minutes or so but then the problem comes back and I have to re-run the script or program.

      Disabling sounds in Windows is not a fix for this problem. Workarounds such as extra mouse clicks and enter key strokes are not fixes.

      Adobe, please make an option to disable alt file menu activation.

      This is an especially frustrating problem if you are like me and switch between using Photoshop in OSX and Windows on a daily basis. Everything is nice and smooth on OSX but in Windows I'm constantly opening the file menu instead of zooming or selecting the clone source I want.

      Edit: I say file menu but I mean the menu that pops up when you click on the Ps icon at the top left corner of the Photoshop window.

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      GHphotos
      Participant
      February 25, 2016

      The only way I have found to 100% resolve the issue of an opening file menu when you dont want it is as follows:

      • Download AutoHotKey from their site:

                                         www.autohotkey.com

      • Once installed, open up Notepad on your computer.
      • Copy and Paste this into Notepad:

                                ~LAlt Up:: return

      • Go to File - Save as
      • Save your file as: AltSpace.ahk (NOTE: This is what I named mine. You can name it whatever you want, Just make sure it is a .ahk extension).
      • Make sure your file extension is NOT.txt, but is now .ahk
      • Once you save the file, you can close Notepad.
      • Find the saved .ahk file and double click to open it.


      THAT'S IT! Now, you should not have the problem where your adobe apps open the menu when they shouldnt.


      NOTE: Each time you restart or shut down your computer, you will need to double click that file again to run the script. I have it saved on my desktop for easy access.


      ENJOY!

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      Anonymous
      January 13, 2016

      http://www.howto-connect.com/windows-10-turn-off-system-beep-sounds/

        MicahBurke
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        MicahBurkeCommunity ExpertAuthor
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        January 13, 2016

        This thread should be closed, the problem no longer exists. Turning of System Sounds does not fix the problem, the problem is that hitting alt with any other combination of keys used to activate the menu bar.

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        deanag73
        Participant
        January 19, 2016

        This is not fixed for everyone...hence the reason we show up here.

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          tykuno
          Participant
          January 12, 2016

          Hi Guys. A quick work around is to click the mouse after alt scrolling to zoom. it seems to deactivate the menu...

          Hope this helps!

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          AntLamb
          Participating Frequently
          July 16, 2015

          I'm still frequently having this problem (or one very similar) on Adobe CC. Pressing Esc does nothing. I usually fix it by getting frustrated and clicking everything I can think of to eventually get it to shut up, which it does. It's acting as if I'm trying to perform an operation while something else is active. However nothing IS active, and the noise seems to be utterly irrelevant. I am on Windows 7 64 bit.

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          Blaskotron
          Participating Frequently
          December 10, 2014

          This fixed it for me.

          Disable "Beep" from the device manager.

          How to Disable the System Beep Sound in Windows 7 & Windows 8

          CarlosCanto
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          CarlosCantoCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          December 11, 2014

          Hi Blaskotron, did you read the whole thread? the "Beeping" sound is just a by-product of the problem, not the actual problem (that allegedly was fixed with CC)

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            Blaskotron
            Participating Frequently
            December 22, 2014

            I didn't read the whole thread but I'm using the latest version of CC and had the beeping issue still. Fix I posted worked, however, it disables the Beep functionality across the entire OS.

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