Also, there are 3rd party apps that do the deed, an increasingly popular option is TwinkleTray but you can find more in a search engine. Source: 12 months ago

I don't think you can, since it automatically detects whether or not the screen is connected. Https://twinkletray.com/ tho this app can shut off the screen, maybe it can be better. Source: 12 months ago

Use this maybe? https://twinkletray.com/ I don't know if it will help. Source: about 1 year ago

TwinkleTray, to control display brightness on desktop displays like you can on laptops. Source: about 1 year ago

I develop Lunar that can do that for macOS, for Windows you have TwinkleTray and on Linux there's ddcutil. Source: over 1 year ago

You could use modern flyout. It allows you to increase or decrease (also to 0) the number active of media sessions displayed. Source: about 1 year ago

If you don't want to mess around with any of your program's settings, you can install ModernFlyouts and change its' settings to never show any popups. Source: about 1 year ago

Modern​Flyouts for better looking flyouts for volume and media. Source: about 1 year ago

This may not be the perfect fix you are looking for, but I faced the same problem as you (wanted flyouts but also wanted explorerpatcher for other functionality that it brought), and my solution was to use ModernFlyouts (link here). Source: over 1 year ago

You can try ModernFlyouts, it has a few customization options so maybe you can get a more minimal experience that way https://modernflyouts-community.github.io/. Source: over 1 year ago