Play sound in PowerShell

play-sound.ps1

# Native sound player (wav only)

$player = New-Object System.Media.SoundPlayer "$env:windir\Media\notify.wav"
$player.Play()

play-sound2.ps1

# Windows Media Player (mp3, wav, any common format)

Add-Type -AssemblyName presentationCore
$mediaPlayer = New-Object System.Windows.Media.MediaPlayer
$mediaPlayer.open("C:\Path\To\Your\Sound.mp3")
# Give time to load the file
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
# Set duration of sound to var
$duration = $mediaPlayer.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan.TotalSeconds
# Play sound
$mediaPlayer.Play()
# Wait until duration has elapsed
Start-Sleep -Seconds $duration
# Stop and close
$mediaPlayer.Stop()
$mediaPlayer.Close()