The Startup/Shutdown Randomizer

Well, hackers gotta hack, and although this little utility is pretty simple-minded, it does work.
Basically, the idea is that it'll play a different WAV file for you every time you start or exit Windows.
 

Very Detailed Instructions:

  1. Select (or create) a directory for the files.
  2. Click here to download randsnds.exe to the directory you picked in step (1).
  3. Use the MS-DOS command line, or the "Run" command in Windows, to unpack randsnds.exe, as follows (DON'T FORGET THE "-D"!):     randsnds -d
  4. The directory should now contain "random.exe", "shutdown.wav", "startup.wav", and two subdirectories ("startup" and "shutdown") containing WAV files.
  5. From the Control Panel (Start menu, then "Settings"),     select  "sounds".  
  6. Set the "start Windows" sound to "startup.wav" (you'll  probably have to browse to the directory, or type in the full  path to it).  Likewise, set "exit Windows" to "shutdown.wav".
  7. Create a shortcut to "random.exe" and put it in your Startup  folder (the one that Windows looks in for programs to execute, not  the one with the WAV files that you just made).  You should know that  wherever you put random.exe, it will look there for its "startup" and  "shutdown" directories, so just copying the EXE to Startup won't  work.

The initial "startup" and "shutdown" sounds are a quote from Yoda and Wile E. Coyote falling off a cliff, respectively.  I just put a few sound files in the archive to keep the download times down, but i  have LOTS MORE if you want 'em.  just put the WAV files into the appropriate subdirectory, and they'll get used.

I Want More Sounds!

Ok, here they are:
Contents.txt: listing of the contents of the following files
SMALSTRT.EXE: about 0.5 MB of little startup sounds
BIGSTART.EXE: about 1.7 MB of 100K-plus startup sounds (one is half a meg by itself!)
SMALSHUT.EXE: about 0.4 MB of little shutdown sounds
moreshut.exe: some more shutdown sounds
morestart.exe: more startup sounds
1198star.exe: even more startups, 0.9 MB (5th element, others)
1198shut.exe: even more shutdowns, 0.7 MB (various)

I Don't Trust Anything With No Source Code!

Don't blame you a bit!
source.zip: but you have to promise not to laugh!