How to Create a "Volume Mixer" Shortcut in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8
InformationThis will show you how to create or download a Volume Mixer shortcut that opens the same Volume Mixer pop-up as when you click on the Volume system icon on the taskbar and click on the Mixer link at the bottom.
EXAMPLE: Volume Mixer
OPTION ONETo Download the "Volume Mixer" Shortcut
NOTE: This shortcut will open at the far right corner of the far right monitor. If you have more than one monitor, then you may wish to remove the location part in red in OPTION TWO below from this shortcut to have it open on your main display instead.
1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below.
Volume_Mixer.zip2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.
3. Open the .zip file and extract the Volume Mixer shortcut to your desktop.
4. Unblock the Volume Mixer shortcut.
5. In Vista and Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
6. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .zip file on the desktop if you like, or save it to use again.
OPTION TWOTo Manually Create the "Volume Mixer" Shortcut
1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.
2. Copy and paste the location you want below into the location area, and click/tap on the Next button. (see screenshot below)
NOTE: The location part in red below will cause it to open in the far right corner of the farthest right monitor. If you have more than one monitor, then you may wish to remove this part of the location to have it open on your main display instead.
(open above taskbar with space on right corner)
%windir%\System32\SndVol.exe -T 494906333. Type Volume Mixer for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)That's it,
NOTE: You can name this anything you would like though.
4. In Vista and Windows 7, you can now Pin to Taskbar (Windows 7 only) or Pin to Start Menu, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
5. In Windows 8, you can Pin to Taskbar on desktop, Pin to Start screen, add to Quick Launch, assign a keyboard shortcut to it, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.
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