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When adjusting the volume in Windows 8.1, a box appears at the top left corner of the screen. This box sticks around for ~13 seconds before it fades away. If you attempt to dismiss it by click on it, it switches to the music app.
How do you disable or dismiss this annoying box? At the very least, can the time visible be adjusted? More times than not, it's in the way.
1Not a true solution because it's just running from the problem, but I think adjusting the volume from the desktop's notification area icon (the speaker) shouldn't trigger the box. – Ariane – 2014-01-14T16:18:02.177
1I can confirm what James is saying. My desktop is a custom build, so every part inside the case I picked up and installed myself, no bloatware, everything installed is what I chose to be on the system. I went with Windows 8 (now upgraded to 8.1) for the better SSD support, and this volume overlay shows up for me as well. This is not a third party app, this is a feature included with Windows 8/8.1. – MattD – 2014-01-17T15:47:33.347
Unfortunately, all the research I've done indicates that there's no way to control if this overlay shows up, or how long it's displayed; no registry hack, no UI setting, nothing. Only thing I can confirm from my Windows 8.1 box is that the overlay doesn't take ~13 seconds to go away, more like 3 seconds. I have a volume roller on my keyboard, and it shows up any time I use it. I can only conclude it's staying up so long due to whatever app you're using that's displayed along with it (which I have yet to see my system do). – MattD – 2014-01-17T17:25:47.730
this probably comes because you are using the Windows 8 Music App. Download VLC or some other Music Player and set it as default. – Devid – 2014-01-20T00:19:42.383