I use the Multiple Desktops feature of Windows 10 to segregate distractions from work.
When I switch to the "Work" Desktop, I don't want any of the non-work Desktops to distract with any sounds such as when receiving a new chat in Hangouts.
So is there any way to mute just one of the Desktops when using Multiple Desktops in Windows 10? I don't want to mute the entire PC since I put on soft music when working.
22 Answers
do you wanna Mute All But Current Desktop?
or just mute a desktop you select by number (Desktop 1, Desktop 2, Desktop 3)?
You can do both options with this:
Instructions in the README.md
It is in ahk, you need to install the ahk interpreter for that.
but I have compiled it for you if you don't wanna install the ahk interpreter.
so you have the choice to run "muteDesktop.ahk" or "muteDesktop_compiled.exe"
then you can use the hotkeys to do what you want:
ctrl+Numpad1 : mute desktop 1
ctrl+Numpad2 : mute desktop 2
ctrl+Numpad3 : mute desktop 3
win+Numpad1 : unmute desktop 1
win+Numpad2 : unmute desktop 2
win+Numpad3 : unmute desktop 3
win+alt+m : Mute All But Current Desktop
win+alt+u : UnmuteAll
f3 : exitApp
you can comment this line like this (to not exitApp when you press f3)
; f3::Exitapp
Update(fix): now selecting app by PID instead of exe to not confuse apps
6i know a way in which you cant mute the whole desktop but you can mute any sound-creating application.here it goes-
- Go to Taskbar
- Right-click on the Sound option
- Click on the OPEN VOLUME MIXER option
- Mute those apps which are disturbing you!!