How to disable sound of certain applications?

Question

I hate it when games sometimes play music while being installed.

Is there an easy way to ban selected applications from outputting sound on Windows 7?

Answer 1

From Windows Vista onwards, you can use the Volume application (double-click on the volume icon in the system tray) to control the sound level of individual applications.

It should work for what you would like to do.

Answer 2

You can do this by clicking on the sound icon in the system tray and selecting Mixer. This will bring up a dialog that will let you indiviually set volume for each open application.

Answer 3

Windows 7 - in the System Tray, double click on the Sound icon and then click Mixer. You should then see a list of your running apps. Click on the speaker icon for the individual app to disable sound.