#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#pragma comment (lib , "winmm.lib")
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    UINT wDeviceID;  //a device ID so we can keep track of it once we open it.
    DWORD dwReturn;    //a return value..
    MCI_OPEN_PARMS mciOpenParms; //Structure for the MCI_OPEN command
    MCI_PLAY_PARMS mciPlayParms; //Structure for the MCI_PLAY command

    // Opens a waveform-audio device by specifying the device and
    // file name.

    mciOpenParms.lpstrDeviceType = "waveaudio";
    mciOpenParms.lpstrElementName = "dvorak.wav";

    //Not the constant MCI_OPEN_TYPE & MCI_OPEN_ELEMENT tell the function which fields of mciOpenParms actually
    //   have something usefull in them.
    if (dwReturn = mciSendCommand(NULL, MCI_OPEN, MCI_OPEN_TYPE | MCI_OPEN_ELEMENT, (DWORD)(LPVOID) &mciOpenParms))
    {
    
        cout << "unable to open device.\n";
    }

    // The device opened successfully; get the device ID.
    wDeviceID = mciOpenParms.wDeviceID;
    
    // The lines that are commented out would be used to set up a notification for when the
    // wave file is done, however since we are in the console I removed this bit and went with
    // a Sleep() to pause until the playback should be over.
    
    //mciPlayParms.dwCallback=(DWORD) hWndNotify;
    //mciPlayParms.dwFrom=0;
    //mciPlayParms.dwTo=0;

    //if (dwReturn = mciSendCommand(wDeviceID, MCI_PLAY, MCI_NOTIFY, (DWORD)(LPVOID) &mciPlayParms))
    if (dwReturn = mciSendCommand(wDeviceID, MCI_PLAY, 0, NULL))
    {
        mciSendCommand(wDeviceID, MCI_CLOSE, 0, NULL);
        cout << "no go\n";
        return (dwReturn);
    }

    Sleep(16000); //Length of the wav file... you just need to make sure your program has enough time
    //  to play the file before it closes the device. Else it will cut it short, or not play at all.
    mciSendCommand(wDeviceID, MCI_CLOSE, 0, NULL);
    return 0;
}

//     #include <windows.h>
    Beep(440,1000); //I belive this is an A440 beep for 1 second.

#include <cstdio> // getchar()
#include <windows.h> // PlaySound()

using namespace std;

int main()
{
char soundfile[] = "C:\Documents and Settings\NAME\My Documents\My Music\music.mp3";
PlaySound(soundfile,NULL,SND_FILENAME|SND_ASYNC);

getchar(); // wait
return 0;
}