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Windows 7 lowers applications' volume automatically

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Mar 15, 202692851 views
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Every time I run some of my games, if the media player is open and playing, Windows 7 lowers the volume of both applications (the game and the player). All other applications are not affected. I tried foobar and Winamp, combined with several games, and it happened every time, which makes me think i…

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Fix for: Windows 7 lowers applications' volume automatically

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It's not a bug, it's a feature! Windows 7 automatically lowers speaker volume when it detects communication activity (A microphone-enabled game for example). You can turn this off though. Navigate to: Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound -> …

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