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I play links 2003 on Win 7 32bit and Win 7 64 bit on the same computer. Options are identical on both systems, but playing 64 bit I have no sound of the ball being struck by a club or dropping in the hole, all other sounds are fine. I have tried all swing types with the same result. I've reloaded and rolled back my 64 bit realtek HD drivers to no avail. It may be a small problem, but it makes a big difference to the game. Any suggestion received with thanks.

Inside the Links game, in settings, check Sound Settings and make sure you set them Enabled.
Click on "Panning" - any sound? Are you getting sound from anything else, like playing a song?

Pete

Thanks for your response, and yes, I've checked that my settings are correct and I get a sound panning from left to right, I've tried loading different soundscapes which don't seem to be working either (I can live without those for now), but all ambient and crowd noises are fine it's just anything relating to the ball that's missing.

All courses?

There was mention of a sound issue if you install Links without applying the 1.02 patch. I know this was for online play but may be something to try if you installed the game without applying 1.02.

Have you got a predefined.ssf file in your Links 2003 main directory?

On my machine running Windows 10 this is C:\Program Files (x86)\Links 2003

Thanks for the interest guys, in answer to your replies, GoBucks, yes all courses. Andy, I downloaded the game patched to 1.07 so I imagine it is not that, and yes I have predefined.ssf in the correct directory, also an edited version and also UKtribute2.ssf, I've tried them all. What baffles me is that with an identical setup, I have no problem in Win 7 32bit. I am about to download Links 2003 (again) and reinstall to see if the problem is related to that. I suspect that the problem lies in how win 7 64bit handles my Realtek HD Audio. (I've fiddled about with that with no success so far).
Grim Grim

Well, would you believe it, before getting too embroiled in re-installing, I checked through the shortcut properties and was surprised to see that Windows 7 was listed in the compatibility list, and as the problem seemed to be with 64 bit only, I gave it a try. IT WORKED.
Thanks again for your input guys. I hope that this might help others if they run into the same problem

Glad you got it sorted.