
If you click on its tray icon with the right mouse button, a tiny context menu will open. You can download the utility from the developer’s project page: All it does is puts the speaker icon into the system tray, and opens the volume mixer on the left mouse click. Unlike the previous one, it is very simple and basic. One more tool to revive the classic Volume Mixer on Windows 11 can be obtained from GitHub.
Cons: The source code is not available.
Pros: Free, portable, feature rich, an exact match with what was in Windows 10. The latter adds a startup entry to the registry. It also includes an option to run it on startup. The software is portable, so you can just run and exit it without installing and removing. Those include the full sound mixer, sound volume options, the system sound configuration, and playback device options. It also allows you to launch classic Control Panel tools related to sounds. Its tray icon supports both light and dark themes of Windows 11. It shows the current sound level on the tray icon. The ‘Classic Volume Control’ software accurately replicates the classic sound applet. Now you have the classic sound mixer on Windows 11.
Right-click the icon to access advanced sound options and tools, all are the classic apps too. Left click on the icon to open the classic mixer. The app will place its icon to the system tray in addition to the existing volume icon. Now launch the ClassicVolumeControl.exe file. Extract the software from the zipped folder. Navigate to the app’s home page and click on the “Download” link. Restore the classic volume mixer with the Classic Volume Control app, do the following. They have created this app specially for Windows 11, as they claim there are no other methods to access the older volume control. The Classic Volume Control is a free app from Winaero, which is a host of various tweaking tools. Both do their work and have their own advantages and disadvantages. To restore the classic volume mixer on Windows 11, you can use one of the freeware tools available for download.