I looked up a utility to help with this - and it looks very helpful! It's called nircmd and seems to be able to do a whole range of things! WARNING - I have not tested this (yet).
We can set up any Windows PC to have the sound
controlled through any key we assign:
Download “nircmd.exe” from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html
In a command window, type
nircmd.exe cmdshortcutkey "~%folder.desktop%"
"Louder" "CTRL+SHIFT+M" changesysvolume 1000
nircmd.exe cmdshortcutkey "~%folder.desktop%"
"Quiter" "CTRL+SHIFT+U" changesysvolume -1000
These commands will create 2 shortcuts on the desktop. The specified
key combinations will increase or decrease the volume. Delete the shortcuts and
it will remove the hot-key functions from the system.
Or we can make it mute/unmute the sound altogether with
these:
nircmd.exe cmdshortcutkey "~%folder.desktop%"
"Mute Volume" "CTRL+SHIFT+M" mutesysvolume 1
nircmd.exe cmdshortcutkey "~%folder.desktop%" "Unmute Volume" "CTRL+SHIFT+U" mutesysvolume 0
nircmd.exe cmdshortcutkey "~%folder.desktop%" "Unmute Volume" "CTRL+SHIFT+U" mutesysvolume 0
There is also a utility called “volumouse” which allows us
to set things up so that the mouse wheel acts as a volume control.
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