{"id":4779,"date":"2012-09-17T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T01:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=4779"},"modified":"2012-09-16T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T04:15:07","slug":"muting-windows-8-metro-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/muting-windows-8-metro-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Muting Windows 8 Metro Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, my desktop computer needs to do a few things at the same time and most commonly this takes the form of playing a video on the television (connected by HDMI to my computer) and playing a game be it Team Fortress 2 or even a quick game of Minesweeper on my desktop monitor.<\/p>\n

One thing that is annoying in Windows 8 is the apparent lack of integrated volume controls for Metro apps. For standard applications you can set volume by application and audio output device (even muting specific applications and leaving others unmuted) however Metro apps are all bundled in under “System Sounds” in Volume Mixer.<\/p>\n

As a workaround, you should be able to turn off the sounds for your desired Metro apps if they include their own volume settings by doing the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Metro app,<\/li>\n
  2. Press Window + C<\/strong> on the keyboard,<\/li>\n
  3. Select\u00a0Settings<\/strong> in the charms bar,<\/li>\n
  4. Rummage around the menu options until you find the volume controls,<\/li>\n
  5. Turn down the volume or toggle the mute option to suit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This is a gap that perhaps Microsoft can address for desktop and laptop users given that there is now two different places to look for volume controls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Sometimes, my desktop computer needs to do a few things at the same time and most commonly this takes the form of playing a video on the television (connected by HDMI to my computer) and playing a game be it Team Fortress 2 or even a quick game of Minesweeper on my desktop monitor. One … <\/p>\n

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