Windows volume shortcut

Anonymous
2013-03-27T09:34:09+00:00

Hello. 

                Is it possible to control the master volume with some keyboard shortcut? I would prefer it to be without a use of some additional software.But if it isn't possible then the software should be pretty light-weight and not consume a lot of CPU/RAM.  Thank you for your help. 

  PS: I DON'T intend to buy a multimedia keyboard for that.

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Anonymous
2013-03-30T10:11:44+00:00

Hello. 

                Is it possible to control the master volume with some keyboard shortcut? I would prefer it to be without a use of some additional software.But if it isn't possible then the software should be pretty light-weight and not consume a lot of CPU/RAM.  Thank you for your help. 

  PS: I DON'T intend to buy a multimedia keyboard for that.

Yes,you can create a Master Volume Shortcut and also assign a Shortcut Key.

Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut.

Paste the following in to the location of the item area:-

%windir%\System32\SndVol.exe -f 49825268Click Next button and give a name to the Shortcut and click Finish.

Now You right click on it and select Properties.

Click Shortcut tab.

Assign your desired shortcut key like F8 or F9 in the Shortcut Key area.

Click OK/Apply.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-02-05T19:09:01+00:00

    Can you tell me how to undo this?  I set the + key as the hot key and just realized I have volume control keys on the keyboard.  Yup, I'm a moron...

    Thanks,

    Tom

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-01-02T04:21:25+00:00

    Hello.

    My PS2 generic keyboard suddenly started to control the system volume with the ‘a’ and ‘z’ keys…

    Every time I press the ‘a’ key, the volume goes down, and every time I press the ‘z’ key, the volume goes up, also the º key (just below the Esc key) mutes the system volume.

    How can I stop this from happening? I don’t want the ‘a’ and ‘z’ keys to control the system volume at all!

    Thank you very much.

    PS

    OS: WINDOWS 8

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-01-02T04:19:13+00:00

    Hello. 

                    Is it possible to control the master volume with some keyboard shortcut? I would prefer it to be without a use of some additional software.But if it isn't possible then the software should be pretty light-weight and not consume a lot of CPU/RAM.  Thank you for your help. 

      PS: I DON'T intend to buy a multimedia keyboard for that.

    Yes,you can create a Master Volume Shortcut and also assign a Shortcut Key.

    Right click on a empty area on desktop, and click on New and Shortcut.

    Paste the following in to the location of the item area:-

    %windir%\System32\SndVol.exe -f 49825268Click Next button and give a name to the Shortcut and click Finish.

    Now You right click on it and select Properties.

    Click Shortcut tab.

    Assign your desired shortcut key like F8 or F9 in the Shortcut Key area.

    Click OK/Apply.

    Hello S.Sengupta,

    My PS2 generic keyboard suddenly started to control the system volume with the ‘a’ and ‘z’ keys…

    Every time I press the ‘a’ key, the volume goes down, and every time I press the ‘z’ key, the volume goes up, also the º key (just below the Esc key) mutes the system volume.

    How can I stop this from happening? I don’t want the ‘a’ and ‘z’ keys to control the system volume at all!

    Thank you very much.

    PS

    OS: WINDOWS 8

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-12-31T11:53:29+00:00

    Just delete system32 and try again. It will work then. 

    Or you can use arrow keys, pgup, pgdwn, home and end to control it once you've opened the volume control window.

    Hahahaha

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