Need "mute" button!

As I come across more and more sites with spoken Flash ads, I find a
need for a "mute" button to switch the sound on and off. I can do it by
popping up the sound mixer box and clicking on the speaker icon, but I'd
like to do that in one operation from a shortcut on the taskbar. Any ideas?
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Crash

"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable."
~ Laurence J. Peter ~

On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:39:48 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> wrote:

>As I come across more and more sites with spoken Flash ads, I find a
>need for a "mute" button to switch the sound on and off. I can do it by
>popping up the sound mixer box and clicking on the speaker icon, but I'd
>like to do that in one operation from a shortcut on the taskbar. Any ideas?

This might do the trick. It's written primarily for XP but in the
comments they say it also works with Vista, making me think it may
also work in 7.

<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/create-a-shortcut-or-hotkey-to-mute-the-system-volume-in-windows/>

They talk about creating a shortcut and assigning it to a hotkey, but
if you prefer to use the shortcut directly you could just skip the
assignment to a hotkey.

More Google hits:
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=shortcut+to+mute+sound&btnG=Search>


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Char Jackson

Char Jackson wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:39:48 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
> <> wrote:
>
>> As I come across more and more sites with spoken Flash ads, I find
>> a need for a "mute" button to switch the sound on and off. I can do
>> it by popping up the sound mixer box and clicking on the speaker
>> icon, but I'd like to do that in one operation from a shortcut on
>> the taskbar. Any ideas?
>
> This might do the trick. It's written primarily for XP but in the
> comments they say it also works with Vista, making me think it may
> also work in 7.
>
> <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/create-a-shortcut-or-hotkey-to-mute-the-system-volume-in-windows/>
>
>
> They talk about creating a shortcut and assigning it to a hotkey, but
> if you prefer to use the shortcut directly you could just skip the
> assignment to a hotkey.
>
> More Google hits:
> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=shortcut+to+mute+sound&btnG=Search>
>
Thanks! I even already had NirCmd.exe installed. I am using the 64 bit
version on Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with a shortcut as described. It works
as advertised. I skipped the hotkey. I rarely use them.
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Crash

"Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable."
~ Laurence J. Peter ~

On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:14:38 -0500, Char Jackson <>
wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:39:48 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
><> wrote:
>
>>As I come across more and more sites with spoken Flash ads, I find a
>>need for a "mute" button to switch the sound on and off. I can do it by
>>popping up the sound mixer box and clicking on the speaker icon, but I'd
>>like to do that in one operation from a shortcut on the taskbar. Any ideas?
>
>This might do the trick. It's written primarily for XP but in the
>comments they say it also works with Vista, making me think it may
>also work in 7.
>
><http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/create-a-shortcut-or-hotkey-to-mute-the-system-volume-in-windows/>
>
>They talk about creating a shortcut and assigning it to a hotkey, but
>if you prefer to use the shortcut directly you could just skip the
>assignment to a hotkey.
>
>More Google hits:
><http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=shortcut+to+mute+sound&btnG=Search>

Nircmd.exe is really neat! I've set up and tested the shortcut toggle
and it works nicely. Thanks for the tip.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:08:51 -0500, Kirk Bubul <>
wrote:

>On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:14:38 -0500, Char Jackson <>
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:39:48 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
>><> wrote:
>>
>>>As I come across more and more sites with spoken Flash ads, I find a
>>>need for a "mute" button to switch the sound on and off. I can do it by
>>>popping up the sound mixer box and clicking on the speaker icon, but I'd
>>>like to do that in one operation from a shortcut on the taskbar. Any ideas?
>>
>>This might do the trick. It's written primarily for XP but in the
>>comments they say it also works with Vista, making me think it may
>>also work in 7.
>>
>><http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/create-a-shortcut-or-hotkey-to-mute-the-system-volume-in-windows/>
>>
>>They talk about creating a shortcut and assigning it to a hotkey, but
>>if you prefer to use the shortcut directly you could just skip the
>>assignment to a hotkey.
>>
>>More Google hits:
>><http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=shortcut+to+mute+sound&btnG=Search>
>
>Nircmd.exe is really neat! I've set up and tested the shortcut toggle
>and it works nicely. Thanks for the tip.

Glad to hear that it works! I may have to do it myself.

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Char Jackson