SysManager 1.121.0 released

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[1.121.0] - 2026-10-06

Volume Control now has a This PC card above the apps: one slider for all sound, and a picker for the speakers or
headphones it plays through. "Everything is too loud" and "the sound is coming out of the wrong speakers" no longer
mean leaving SysManager for the taskbar.

Added

• This PC on Volume Control ([Enhancement]: Volume Control - Volume mixer has no master output slider or default-device switch #1588). A card of its own above the app list, tinted so it does not read as one more
  app.
  • All sound: the PC's volume, mute and live level, with the same controls an app row has. It is Windows' own
    volume, the one the taskbar slider moves, and it applies on top of each app's level.
  • Sound plays through: picks the device all sound goes to, for everyday sound, media and calls at once, as the
    Windows sound flyout does. The open list says what kind of device each one is (headphones, speakers, a monitor or
    TV over HDMI or DisplayPort) and which one is in use now. Apps you sent to a device of their own keep it. Where
    Windows does not let SysManager switch, the card names the device in use and offers Windows' sound settings
    instead.
  • Volume presets still keep each app's level and nothing more, so applying one never changes the PC's volume or
    moves the sound to other speakers.
  • The status line names the device too ("3 apps playing audio · output: Headphones").
  • Searching the sidebar for "speakers", "headphones" or "output device" opens Volume Control.

Fixed

• Volume Control stayed on the device that was in use when it first opened ([Enhancement]: Volume Control - Volume mixer has no master output slider or default-device switch #1588). It opened the default output
  device once and kept it, so after headphones were plugged in or the device was changed from the taskbar, the app
  list went on showing the first device's apps, and their sliders moved sound that no longer played there, until
  SysManager restarted. The tab now follows the change within about ten seconds, and at once when the device is
  changed from the card. This dates from the first Volume Control, in 1.52.38.
• A closed drop-down showed a programmer's description instead of what you picked. After picking a preset, the
  Presets box on Volume Control read "VolumePreset { Name = Evening, Entries = … }", and Gaming Profile's game box read
  "RunningProcess { ProcessId = … }". The drop-down style added in 1.52.24 (fix: theme-aware ComboBox style (readable dropdowns on Light themes) #1243) left out the part that shows an
  item by its name. It shows the name now.

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