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Browse All TopicsIs there a way that I can check to see if a user has muted Window's audio using code. I have a program that runs in the background that alerts the user if something happens, however, if they mute audio, the alert isn't hear. I'd like to monitor the audio (to see if it is muted), and reset the volume if the user sets it too low. Is there something I can do?
ADawn
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by: TheLearnedOnePosted on 2009-07-13 at 09:47:15ID: 24841538
You might be able to use calls from the winmm.dll, through p/invoke.
Here is some code from my bag-o-tricks that I haven't used in a long time, and is untested.
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