Top 5 Methods to fix Windows 10 Volume Control is not working. Volume or Sound issue is one of the common problems that come with every Windows operating system. In windows 10 the problem is little different, according to some Windows 10 users they’re unable to open Sound Control bar from the taskbar. This issue is very irritating.

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There are many things to love about the Windows 10 desktop, but there is one area of life where Windows users seemingly must gaze in envy upon their Mac brothers and sisters, and that is the use of hotkeys for controlling the volume level on the machine. But don’t despair! It’s possible to get that same functionality on a Windows 10 computer. In this article, I’m going to show you two ways to add volume-control hotkeys to your Windows 10 machine. One way uses a standalone app that is volume-control focused called 3RVX. 3RVX is cool and it gives you an on-screen display. The other way is to use the powerful scripting language AutoHotKey to program a volume control hotkey directly.

Doing it with 3RVX

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In addition to letting you assign whatever hotkeys you wish to control your system audio, 3RVX comes with an on-screen display (OSD) that you can customize. You can even fine-tune precisely how the volume responds to your commands. You can’t do that on macOS!

First, download and install the latest version of 3RVX from the developer’s website. The current version (as of March 2019) is 2.9.2. Once installed, launch the application from the Windows Start Menu. This will pull up the 3RVX settings.

Click on the Hotkeys tab to customize the hotkeys for volume adjustment. There aren’t any default hotkeys; you’ll have to add some manually.

Click on the + button to add a new hotkey. Then click on the grey bar by “Keys” in the Hotkey Editor. A dialog box will appear asking you to type a hotkey. Try to use something that is not already assigned to another system function. I recommend using the Windows key with a Mouse Wheel action, if your mouse has a scrollwheel. Once you’ve selected a hotkey, you’ll then need to assign it to an action. Click the Action menu in the Hotkey Editor, and select whether you want the hotkey you just typed to increase, decrease, or mute the audio. You’ll notice you can also assign actions to increasing or decreasing the screen brightness, opening the CD tray, and more.

Try adding hotkeys for increasing, decreasing, and muting the audio, and then be sure to click the Apply button. To test it out, close the 3RVX settings. Now, when you type your hotkey, you should see an audio icon overlay appear on your screen, almost identical to the macOS.

To run this program at startup, select the General tab, which includes a Run on startup option. Click Save to apply the settings.

Doing it with AutoHotKey

Sometimes you just don’t want to add yet another single-purpose application to your system, or perhaps you already use AutoHotKey for other tasks and just want to expand your AHK script library to include one to give you volume control hotkeys. AutoHotKey is a tremendously powerful scripting and automation system for Windows. It’s completely free and you can download it here.

It’s beyond the scope of this article to explain how to program in AutoHotKey, so instead I will provide you with two basic scripts. The first script is the most basic of all. If you put this text in a .AHK file and then double-click on the AHK file, it will give you a simple hot key control over the volume setting. Hitting the Alt and the left-arrow key will lower the volume by a step, while Alt-right arrow will raise it by a step. Here is the script:

+Left::SoundSet, -5
+Right::SoundSet, +5
Return

However, this simple script (while functional) doesn’t provide you with any feedback as to where the volume level is! So for that reason, I’ve borrowed this script written by Joe Winograd, an awesome AutoHotKey coder and guru. Joe’s script gives you a visual representation of the changing volume, and also plays a sound that demonstrates the volume level as you move it up or down with the Alt-left and Alt-right keys. Joe’s script also places a headphone icon in the tool tray so that you can control its execution.

Here’s Joe’s script:

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#Warn,UseUnsetLocal
#NoEnv
#SingleInstance force
SetBatchLines,-1

SoundGet,Volume
Volume:=Round(Volume)
TrayTip:=”Alt+LeftArrow or Alt+RightArrow to adjust volume” . “`nCurrent Volume=” . Volume
TrayIconFile:=A_WinDir . “System32DDORes.dll” ; get tray icon from DDORes.dll
TrayIconNum:=”-2032″ ; use headphones as tray icon (icon 2032 in DDORes)
Menu,Tray,Tip,%TrayTip%
Menu,Tray,Icon,%TrayIconFile%,%TrayIconNum%
Return

!Left::
SetTimer,SliderOff,3000
SoundSet,-1
Gosub,DisplaySlider
Return

!Right::
SetTimer,SliderOff,3000
SoundSet,+1
Gosub,DisplaySlider
Return

SliderOff:
Progress,Off
Return

DisplaySlider:
SoundGet,Volume
Volume:=Round(Volume)
Progress,%Volume%,%Volume%,Volume,HorizontalVolumeSliderW10
TrayTip:=”Alt+LeftArrow or Alt+RightArrow to adjust volume” . “`nCurrent Volume=” . Volume
Menu,Tray,Tip,%TrayTip%
Return

Now you can quickly adjust the volume on Windows with your choice of hotkey!

Want more information on controlling volume in Windows? We’ve got articles on restoring a missing Windows volume slider and how to make audio files play louder.

For more information on using hotkeys for basic tasks, check out our Tech Junkie guide on custom hotkeys, or our guide to pinning windows to the top with hotkeys. If the greater power of AutoHotKeys is something you’re interested in, you’ll want our tutorial on using AutoHotKeys for macro recording, or our video tutorial on using AutoHotKey to get the current time and date.