Mute sound after a certain time for Windows?

Question

Is there a way I can automatically disable sound on my PC after a certain time?

Scenario: I go to sleep. Someone calls me on Skype or my Gmail Notifier plus application makes an alarm notification for new email.

Intended use-case: PC is still running as I forgot to put it into sleep mode Since it is now after 11:00 PM, any sounds are muted.

Solution

As explained in answers to a related question [1] , [2], you can use NirCmd, a small utility that does all kinds of stuff, including volume control, along with the Windows Task Scheduler.

Use nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 1 to mute the system volume, and use nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 0 if you want to schedule a job that unmutes it again in the morning.

Microsoft provides step by step documentation for using the task scheduler, but the basic process is simple:

1. Open Task Scheduler
2. Start the "Create New Task" wizard
3. Follow the wizard prompts to schedule your job.

Comments

[rath]

You can use an auto-shutdown command to kill the PC after some time or at a certain time, I guess you want to keep it running?

[Moshe Katz]

@rath Thanks. I wasn't sure what the proper way to reference the other question was, or if just leaving the duplicate comment was obvious enough.