Volume Control - Now prettier!

[Zxian]

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, 2005 by Zxian

[nospoon]

Cool thanks...learned something new today

[Felipe]

Nice tip

[cyberloner]

that's nice

[eidenk]

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

[MCT]

nice tip

[Zxian]

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.

[Takeshi]

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).

[keytotime]

Very Nice !!!

[matthewk]

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

[Martin L]

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

[DarkRats]

"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?

[Lightbringer-]

"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

[DarkRats]

Thanks.

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

[eidenk]

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