*If anyone can help me with this, I would sincerely appreciate it. I have no interest in discussing whether Windows 7 is supported or not. I know it's not, and I am choosing to use it. I have everything I need, except a Mastodon client, so right now, I am using 11. And no, I have no interest in Linux either.*
I normally use TweeseCake, but it doesn't work on Windows 7, and it's closed source, so there is no way of changing that. Apparently, there is a version of TWBlue that did, but I can't find it. I just tried a client called Fast SM, and it's wonderful. However, it doesn't work on 7 either. Judging by the Github page, it seems to be written in Python. I am not a programmer, but would it be possible to get modern TwBlue or Fast SM to work with Windows 7? Both of these are open source. If not, then does anyone have the old version of TWBlue?

Finally, it seems that, unlike TweeseCake, the others have some sort of retrieval limit. If, for example, I'm not on Mastodon for a day or two and have 400 notifications, TweeseCake shows all of them. But the others only show a certain number far below that. Why is this, and can it be changed?

As a side note, I tried Whalebird and it was an absolute disaster with NVDA.

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I finally fully solved the TweeseCake sound mystery, and quite unintentionally! The sound returned a few days ago, as I said then. But I had to go through the volume screen to do it. However, that isn't how I mistakenly muted it when I sat on my keyboard. It turns out that NVDA has a combination of keys, set by default in Input Gestures set as a mute shortcut. The combination is windows+shift+alt+ctrl+space. How my body managed to type that, I don't know, since I wouldn't even remember it if I had to do it! But I deleted it from the options, so it won't do it anymore. I also set a more reasonable key combination (alt+ctrl+m) for the same purpose, just in case I really did want to mute the sound in a program.

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About two months ago, I somehow sat on my keyboard (I'm using a Toughpad, so it's external), and I heard "the current window is muted". I was using TweeseCake at the time. No matter whom I asked or what I did, I couldn't figure out how to unmute it. This only affected TweeseCake, and only when using the built-in speaker, as it worked fine with my Skull Candy Ounce. The other day, on a whim, I began researching it again and I found the answer. Apparently, Windows 11 has a feature that allows users to mute sounds in specific programs. They can be unmuted by typing "volume" in the search box in the start menu, then tabbing to "apps". There, you will see a list of all the programs that are running. Arrow down to the one you want, and then hit tab. There, you should see a mute or unmute button, depending on your current setting. I still haven't found the shortcut that I pressed to start this mess, but at least I now know how to fix it. I hope this helps someone.

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