Question

Hi. I hate it when games play some music while being installed. Is there an easy way to ban some app from playing sound on Windows 7? TIA

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.