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How to stop volume of background applications from lowering...
How do I stop volume of background applications from lowering when I play a game?
Whenever I start a skype call or want to play a game with voice chat, the volume of background applications instantly drops by a significant amount. This is annoying because I want to listen to music while I game and it's just not possible like this.
A quick Google search suggests that this is a common Windows 7 "feature":
audio - Windows 7 lowers applications' volume automatically - Super User
I have applied the fix suggested in the article (Change settings to "do Nothing" when Windows detects communication activity) but this did not work. Any ideas why? I am running a Thinkpad T530 laptop and I have a Realtek sound card.