Comments on: Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Mute the System Volume in Windows

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:58:33 +0000

Thank you very much! Awesome!! =)

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:47:35 +0000

Thank you! I have been looking for something like this for quite some time!!!

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:54:37 +0000

Hmm, it appeared to work in the Quick Launch bar for me on XP…

Thanks for the tip, it works great! There are plenty of times I have to mute and unmute, and this saves a bit of time.

By: mohamed

mohamed — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:10:39 +0000

its great.this was the one i’ve been searching for.thanks…..

By: Olaf D.

Olaf D. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:36:26 +0000

Brilliant – Thanks!

By: Rook

Rook — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:47:03 +0000

Is there a way to use the Shortcut key even when some fullscreen application is running?

I tried this but I’m not sure about this keyboard shortcuts, it often don’t work. For example when I move the shortcut to some directory, quick launch or even Start menu, or when I have focus on some window…
Do somebody know how this work? It doesn’t seems to me that it has any order…

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:11:45 +0000

Thank you, that was exactly what I was looking for. It works brilliantly.

~ Leo

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:24:42 +0000

@jim

To make it a hotkey:

right-click the shortcut. click properties.

In the shortcut tab you will see “Shortcut Key”. Enter a key to use.

By: Pas B

Pas B — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:40:09 +0000

@Jan Glas

If you check the detailed help page for NirCmd:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd2.html

and search for the term (remove the quotes):

“mutesysvolume [action] {Component} {Device Index}”

the description says that a parameter can be included to designate the item to be muted. It mentions “microphone” as one option.

For myself, I’d prefer to also have a visible reminder as to whether the microphone is muted (to avoid embarrassing and/or costly mistakes). Perhaps someone else might have a suggestion regarding that.

Thanks to this website for the great tip. I’d seen NirCmd but not investigated nor considered using it with shortcuts like this.

Regards

By: sampat

sampat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:54:01 +0000

good work .. lot of times i saw only commands for this and that but no practical use , so it’s really good to see your articles