CMD that app to speak up (or shut up)! App level volume control via the NirCmd command line utility

Saturday, February 26, 2011

CMD that app to speak up (or shut up)! App level volume control via the NirCmd command line utility

NirBlog - How to control the volume level of specific application from command-line, on Windows 7/2008/Vista

"But what about changing the volume level of specific application from command-line and without any user interface ?

The new version of NirCmd (v2.50) allows you to easily set, change, or mute/unmute the volume of every application on Windows 7/2008/Vista.

There are 3 new commands - setappvolume for setting absolute volume lever, changeappvolume for increasing/decreasing the volume level, and muteappvolume which allows you to mute/unmute the volume.

For example, if you want to set the volume of Internet Explorer to 40%, execute this command:
NirCmd.exe setappvolume iexplore.exe 0.4

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NirSoft - NirCmd v2.50 - Freeware Windows command-line tool

"NirCmd is a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface. By running NirCmd with simple command-line option, you can write and delete values and keys in the Registry, write values into INI file, dial to your internet account or connect to a VPN network, restart windows or shut down the computer, create shortcut to a file, change the created/modified date of a file, change your display settings, turn off your monitor, open the door of your CD-ROM drive, and more...

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I can see where command line control of specific application volume levels could come in real handy. Say a "Presentation" cmd file to turn down some apps and turn others up. Or a "Meeting" CMD, and so on... Kind of like volume profiles. hum... volume profiles... That sounds like an interesting idea for a utility. Like the Power Profiles but for volume... hum...