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3C#Audience · generalComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

tl;dr

A lightweight Windows 11 taskbar widget for quickly switching audio devices, muting the microphone, and controlling individual app volumes.

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  root((TaskbarAudioSwitcher))
    What it does
      Switch audio outputs
      Mute microphone
      Per-app volume mixer
    Tech stack
      C Sharp
      Windows COM APIs
    Use cases
      Quick device switching
      Route app audio
      Multi monitor control
    Audience
      Windows power users
      General users
    Install
      Portable exe
      Microsoft Store

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Quickly switch between speakers, headphones, or HDMI audio output from the taskbar.

VIBE 2

Mute the microphone or check which app is actively recording at a glance.

VIBE 3

Route one specific app's audio to a different output device than the rest of the system.

what's the stack?

C#Windows COM.NET

how it stacks up fr

karumommik/taskbaraudioswitchererikphilips/cs4aijakobsung/luthn
Stars333
LanguageC#C#C#
Setup difficultyeasymoderatehard
Complexity1/54/54/5
Audiencegeneraldeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Windows 11 only, portable version just needs the exe extracted and run.

No license information was found in the README.

in plain english

Taskbar Audio Switcher is a small Windows 11 utility that puts a compact audio control widget right on your taskbar, next to the clock and system tray icons. Instead of digging through Windows sound settings, you get quick access to switch between speakers, headphones, or an HDMI output, mute or switch microphones, and adjust volume, all from one small bar that sits with your other taskbar icons. Beyond simple volume control, it includes a mixer that expands above the taskbar to show individual apps and lets you adjust each one's volume separately, plus a feature to redirect a specific app's audio to a different output device entirely, useful if you want one program to play through headphones while everything else stays on speakers. It can move itself between multiple monitors with a click, and scales properly on high resolution screens with different zoom levels. The developer explains a deliberate design choice: rather than hooking deeply into Windows' own taskbar process, which could be flagged as suspicious by antivirus software, the utility runs as its own small floating window that repositions itself whenever the taskbar changes, such as when you minimize a window or show the desktop. This means it may very briefly disappear and reappear in those situations, and the README states this is expected behavior rather than a bug. Installation is available two ways: downloading a portable version directly from the project's releases page and running the executable, or installing it through the Microsoft Store for automatic updates. The project has an active changelog documenting many small fixes across recent versions, covering things like startup behavior, multi-monitor menu positioning, and how per-application audio routing works across programs like Firefox or Chrome that use multiple background processes.

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Walk me through installing Taskbar Audio Switcher as a portable app on Windows 11.
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Explain how the per-application audio routing feature works in this tool.
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Why does the widget sometimes briefly disappear, according to the README?
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What is the difference between installing via the portable release versus the Microsoft Store?

Frequently asked questions

what is taskbaraudioswitcher fr?

A lightweight Windows 11 taskbar widget for quickly switching audio devices, muting the microphone, and controlling individual app volumes.

What language is taskbaraudioswitcher written in?

Mainly C#. The stack also includes C#, Windows COM, .NET.

What license does taskbaraudioswitcher use?

No license information was found in the README.

How hard is taskbaraudioswitcher to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is taskbaraudioswitcher for?

Mainly general.

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