Instead, it opens the Settings app to the mic settings which, while useful, could have been best left as a context menu function. If you click it, it doesn’t mute the mic. Windows 10 shows a mic icon in the system tray when an app is accessing the mic and the icon could have been more functional.
Quick Tip: If you like the app, you should probably set it to run at startup.
This app has not been updated since 2015 but it works flawlessly on Windows 10 1909. The microphone has a cardioid polar pattern (unidirectional) and captures the sound ideally. If you don’t want to get the alerts, you can disable them from the app’s settings. I was able to bind the speaker mute/unmute button on my keyboard to this app and when I tap it, it now mutes and unmutes the speakers and the mic at the same time.Įach time the mic is muted or unmuted, you get a desktop alert. The app can detect ordinary keys on a keyboard, and it can also work with special keys on the keyboard. Click inside it and tap the key or keys you want to use to mute/unmute the mic. To configure the shortcut to mute/unmute the mic, right-click the app’s icon in the system tray and select ‘Setup shortcut’.Ī small window will open.
