> Hi, > > What qualifies an application to appear in the "volume mixer" (not > sure if that is the right terminology) on Vista? > > For instance, if I open notepad, it doesn't appear in the mixer. On > the other hand, I have an application that links the libraries for > dsound and winmm. It doesn't use any of their functions, yet it is > appearing in the volume mixer. This same application queries and sets > our audio device for properties via the DeviceIOControl functions. > However, since it isn't playing any audio or using either of the sound > API's, I wouldn't expect it to actually be in the mixer (nothing to > mix)? Any advice? > > Thanks in advance, > Ally >