We've all seen this window before... the really big and ugly volume control window.

Guess what?!?!?! You can make it prettier!!! Simply press Ctrl+S to get this:

Neat, eh?

Alternatively, you can run the following command: sndvol32.exe /s

If you want the mini-mini window that shows up when you single-click on the volume icon in the task bar, run: sndvol32.exe /t

(To exit from that, simply click anywhere else outside of the window)

If you want to access the recording volumes, simply use the /r switch:

sndvol32.exe /r

sndvol32.exe /s /r

Enjoy!

Edited November 16, 200520 yr by Zxian

Cool thanks...learned something new today

Nice tip

that's nice

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=57894

nice tip

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=57894

Huh... Didn't see that one. But then again, I don't visit the Win98 forums very much...

Thanks for the link.

I didn't know you can do that.

But SBA (not sure about older SB) comes with its own Creative Surround Mixer which I prefer and use instead (and it's actually quite small).

Very Nice !!!

Cheers, new one to me. Thanks both for posting.

thanks too bad it screws mine.... dutch text is longer as english text

"sndvol32.exe /s" changes it to the smaller display, but how to keep it small?

The next time I opened the volume control, it was back to large again.

Anyone know?

"sndvol32.exe /s" changes it to the smaller display, but how to keep it small?

The next time I opened the volume control, it was back to large again.

Anyone know?

Try making it small by using the 'ctrl-s' buttons while having the sound control panelled maximised...

I did this and it works fine for me

Thanks.

Can this be written up as a Registry Patch (.reg file) or some other way than using start/run?

Can this be written up as a Registry Patch (.reg file) or some other way than using start/run?

Yes, of course, shortcuts, see here : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=57894