How to mute sound and pause music when you lock your PC

Create a KeyRoutines routine with the PC locked and PC unlocked triggers. Started by trigger picks the branch: on lock, Media control pauses and Mute or unmute silences the master output; on unlock, the sound comes back.

Steps

1. 1

   Add both triggers

   Add the PC locked trigger and the PC unlocked trigger to the same routine.

2. 2

   Branch on what happened

   Add an If with Started by trigger set to PC locked.

3. 3

   Go quiet on lock

   In the If branch, add Media control set to Pause, then Mute or unmute on the master output set to mute.

4. 4

   Come back on unlock

   In the Else branch, add Mute or unmute set to unmute. Add Media control set to Play if you want the music to continue.

Tips

• Resuming on unlock will also start music that wasn't playing before. Use Remember on lock and Remembered value is on unlock if you only want to resume what you paused.