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SoundVolumeView vs Classic Volume Mixer: catalog facts
SoundVolumeView	Classic Volume Mixer
Free Freeware from NirSoft; it may not be sold or bundled with a commercial product.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, Command line	Windows
Per-application and per-device volume control in one list Save and restore complete sound profiles	Restores quick access to the compact classic mixer Small and simple
Requires Windows Vista or later; Windows XP is not supported Sound profiles only work on the computer and devices they were saved on	Depends on Microsoft keeping the old mixer in system32 Infrequent updates
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Freeware	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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