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Title: Can't Control Volume Without Windows Explorer Running
Post by: bumble on September 22, 2022, 12:50:18 am

I set up a BigBox Windows 10 Enterprise build, with all traces of Windows 10 hidden. I followed this YouTube tutorial with success:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppy6INgXbJM

However there is one major problem. I can not change the volume via the normal Windows keyboard controls. Volume up and down on the keyboard, and my mapped keys in BigBox do nothing.

If I run "explorer.exe", volume controls work again.

I built my cabinet with the expectation I could change the volume via software. I don't have a hardware knob and it would be difficult to build one in.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Can't Control Volume Without Windows Explorer Running
Post by: Zebidee on September 22, 2022, 03:30:51 am

I guess you will need to load up the driver manually.

On my Win 10 Pro system I have a NVIDIA HD Audio driver which is installed as a program (you can see it in the add/remove programs list). You can also see it in device manager/sound video & game controllers.

There are also microsoft system audio controllers, assume those are loaded initially by the OS but not the NVIDIA one.

In my case drivers are located at:  C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\398.11\Win10_64\International\HDAudio

So yeah, you could run a script and/or a shortcut whatever to load it in the startup directory. More of what you're presumably already doing to load everything yet keep windows hidden.

That will point you in the right direction. Sorry for being vague, talking off the cuff. I'll watch the vid soon, sounds good.