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You are misunderstanding what the VLC bug is. I am not talking about the volume of a video or audio file being played. If you right-click the Windows desktop, choose "Personalize", click the "Themes" page, then click "Sounds" in the middle you can set the Windows 'Progr...

Instead of using the Windows "System Sounds" volume setting, VLC always plays the Windows sounds at 100% volume.
(The sounds that are set on the Windows Personalization > Themes page.)

VLC has been this way for quite a while.

When I start VLC Media Player on monitor 2 (full screen), and start a game (or some other program) on monitor 1... * If I point to VLC with the mouse, I can use the mouse wheel to turn the volume up and down (as long as I'm not pointing near the toobar). i.e. I my game does not lose the focus so it ...