Hello,

I often get calls / alexa announcements and I want to be able to quickly mute my computer sound (Youtube / Gaming / Etc) in one keypress or a keyboard shortcut.

I cannot find any keyboard shortcut for this.

I have a Microsoft Wireless Desktop 2000 Keyboard. This keyboard has volume up/down keys and also other buttons. The function of these buttons can be adjusted in the Microsoft Wireless Desktop app.

I cannot however find an existing function to rebind one of these keys to.

Is it possible to do this via a macro or a third party programme?

I essentially want mute/unmute functionality.

I know I could open up sound devices and manually mute the process but I want this to be done with physical keys and not clicks.

  • TheShortViking@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Using autohotkey i believe you can do this with just two lines of code:

    :*?:whatever letter/symbol::
SoundSetMute -1

    This uses hotstrings, and the SoundSetMute command. You can have whatever letter/symbol you want, or have a combination e.g. type “mute” to mute.

    If you want a key combination e.g. CTRL+M you can see docs for hotkeys here and just exchange the top line.

  • Olive-Juice-@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hmm. I would think the app would be able to set some setting so you could mute with a key, but I don’t have one to test it out with.

     

    ######One solution: Microsoft has a tool called PowerToys that includes Keyboard Manager utility that is able to mute your computer sound using keyboard shortcuts. (I tested with Ctrl + F9 but you can play around and find something you like) This does require the Keyboard tool to be running for this to be in effect, however.