Creating a Shortcut direct to a control panel sub-level window

I find that I'm wanting to change the Microphone level quite often and wonder if I can somehow create a shortcut direct to it, so it's a 1-click thing, straight to the Levels tab.

Currently I have to click about 7 times to get to that tab. Is it possible to create a shortcut to a drilled down level like that? If not, does anyone know if there's a way to find where in the registry the Level number is stored ? Then I can at least create a few preset .reg files that I can click on to set it without even going into that Levels dialog.

Brink said:

Hello ddd990,

If you like for now, you could use the shortcut in the tutorial below to open to the "Recording" tab in Sound properties to save a few clicks.
Hope this helps some, :)
Shawn

Yes it does helps some. About 50% of my clicks are gone

I see now that it's come up before, and this is as close as anyone got.

I'd love to know where Windows is storing this recording level value though. It's got to be either in the registry or in a file.

Replying to my own (old) thread for completeness. I did end up solving my problem in a different way. My main goal was to get to change the volume level quickly. I thought that getting to that screen was the best way, but it turns out it's easier than that. By installing NirCmd, I can create batch files that immediately change the volume to a preset level and I can have a couple of them on my desktop for different values. I even created a batch file that uses the nircmdc command which has a loop property, so it re-sets the volume 10 times per second and that overrides the automatic volume takeover features of things like skype, lync, and gotomeeting. Sometimes they'll raise your recording volume to 100% if they detect no noise from you (which can be because you're not doing/saying anything, so it's correct). With the microphone I have, the perfect recording level is 10%, so naturally I deafen everyone when these dumb programs take over. With my nircmdc loop, I get to fight back and change it back to 10% before it can even be noticed they made a change.