Accessing the Windows Recording Control With a Single Click
March 24th, 2007 7 Comments
For the last ten years or so I’ve been frustrated on a regular basis by the method required to select which audio input I want to record from. Ie. double-click on the volume icon to open the Play Control -> Select “Properties” from the “Options Menu” -> choose “Recording” and click “OK” to open the Recording Control.
Here’s how to create an icon which opens the Recording Control straight away.
- Right-click on your desktop and select New->Shortcut from the pop-up menu.
- In the location field enter “%windir%\system32\sndvol32.exe /r” (the /r switch is the important bit).
- Click Next, choose a title for your shortcut and click Finish.
Now you can drag your new shortcut to your Start menu or Quick Launch toolbar or wherever.
Also, when you’ve got either the Play Control or Recording Control open and selected, pressing CTRL+S switches between normal and compact views.
Posted in: Tips & Tricks
7 Responses to “Accessing the Windows Recording Control With a Single Click”
March 29th, 2007 at 15:04
Thank you m8s. Thank you. Thank you!
April 3rd, 2007 at 23:31
thx, too, helped me out!
April 5th, 2007 at 21:47
This has bothered me for years. Thanks for the tip! I didn’t know about the compact view, either. Nice.
April 5th, 2007 at 22:05
Glad it was useful..(I’m just annoyed I didn’t find out about this sooner!)
April 22nd, 2007 at 23:21
Perfect… Thank you for this tip! I made one with the SndRec32.exe as well… perfect! And the Ctrl-s trick? Wonderful!!!
March 25th, 2008 at 04:48
needed that…a lot!
thanks a lot!
June 5th, 2008 at 23:19
Neat indeed! :) Got sick of this little thing some time back. Now we need to figure out how to make a systray icon about it, but that’s a different story. ;)
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