Volume control program

[Vlad]

Error message with Volume Control Program

Can not place volume control icon in task bar.
Tried to expand from WINxp CD the sndvol32.exe file to
system32 file in Windows folder, as per trouble shooting
tips on Microsoft.com
Received error message "no destination folder for
sndvol32.exe". I am 99% sure that I entered the correct
path in dos prompt

 

[Michael Platts [MSFT]]

Hi,

I was looking at the article that I believe you had found:

319095 Volume Icon Is Not Displayed in the Notification Area, and You
Receive
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=319095

It sounds like the error message you are getting is from the expand
utility. Here's a variation of the command (try it instead of what the
article says, after you have run the 'cd i386' command as shown in step 4):

expand sndvol32.ex_ %systemroot%\system32\sndvol32.exe

That's it. The '%systemroot%' that I indicate is actually a variable that
XP has to indicate the path to the directory where Windows is installed on
the hard drive.

The other thing you can try before following the steps in the article is to
locate the file sndvol32.exe in the Windows\System32 folder and rename it.
This will ensure that the expand utility won't have to try to overwrite it.

Best regards,
Michael Platts, MCSE
Microsoft Product Support

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[Guest]

Hi Vlad, I just had the same problem following the same instructions. Put a space between the underline after the expand phrase (expand sndvol32.ex_{space}c:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe.). Doesn't look like there's one on the help page. Worked for me. ('course, now I have the file in the proper place, but it still doesn't work!). Good luck