Mr Vogel,
You are sooo very awsome!! thank you so much!! i got down past the
kellys corner stuff with net vol and now it works! thank you soo much i
don't have to do a system restore. I also didn't have to kill explorer.
your fantastic thank you for having so much patience.
JJ
:
Okie dokie, JJ, here's a list of things to try that I got from Kelly's
Korner.
The volume icon does not appear in the notification area (system tray)
Open Sound and Audio Devices Properties...
Click Start | Click Run | Type or paste: mmsys.cpl | Click OK |
On the Volume Tab under Device Volume, put a check in the box that
reads: Place volume icon in the taskbar.
Click Start | Click Run | Type or paste: regsvr32 stobject.dll |
Click OK | A message should popup saying that stobject.dll registered
OK.
Go here...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Scroll down to...
320. Restore Volume/Net Icon to Notification Area
Right click on: Restore Volume/Net Icon to Notification Area and click
Save Target As.
The Save As dialog should open.
Click on the Desktop icon on the left to save netvol.reg to your
Desktop. Click on the Save button.
Locate netvol.reg on your Desktop, double click netvol.reg and click
Yes to the import prompt.
netvol.reg can be deleted after everything is fixed.
Make sure Always show is enabled for Volume in Taskbar Properties.
Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab | Customize button
| Click on Volume | Click the V to display the choices | Click on
Always show | Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK
In Sound and Audio Devices Properties, make sure "Place volume icon in
the taskbar" is checked. If it still doesn't work, here are two
workarounds:
Go to Start | Log off (log off then log back on).
Kill explorer and restart it.
Open the Task Manager...
Ctrl + Shift + Escape | Click on the Processes tab | Locate and
highlight explorer.exe | Right click explorer.exe | Click End Process
| Click
Yes to the Task Manager Warning that pops up | Click File on the
Toolbar
Click New Task (Run...) | Type in: explorer | Click OK
End Process on explorer.exe will make your Desktop, Taskbar and all
programs disappear. This can be startling. Restarting explorer will
bring everything back.
This can fix/restore/reinitialize/refresh a lot of things.
Good luck!
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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In jj <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Thank you very much for all the sugestions, i tried going to the
system32 folder and dragging sndvol32 to the desktop. a new sndvol32
file appeared in the system32 folder so i deleted the one on the desk
top however i still got the same message. I also tried taking my
laptop to the store that i bought it from and used their xp home cd to
expand the sndvol32 file as per the original instructions. it told me
it had expanded the file but i still had the same problem. the tech
support guy at the store downloaded the drivers and hot key utilities
from tosiba again and i no longer get the error message but i still
can't get sound from live feed or e-cards. Keep in mind that dvds,cds
and other audio as in tutorials on the net do still play. the tech
support guy at the store said i would have to backup my files and do a
system restore. I am really hoping you have seen this before (becasue
i did mnage to expand the sndvol32 file from the xp cd) and know a
better solution.
Thank you very very much for the help and suggestions you have
allready given me,
JJ
:
OK, jj.
I am not familiar with recovery CDs, but I do not think that they
have an i386 folder. That is probably why you got the error
message. I admit that I hadn't even thought of that.
There are some other things that we can try. ;-)
You could do a Search on the recovery CD for the sndvol32.ex_ file
and we could try modifying the expand command.
Let's try this. Instead of trying to expand sndvol32.ex_, let's find
out if you have two sndvol32.exe files on your hard drive. Since
Toshiba loaded XP on your machine I do not know if we can find two or
not.
The sndvol32.exe that is normally used exists in C:\WINDOWS\system32
or %windir%\system32. But there should be another copy in either
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache or C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles. You
should have one folder or the other.
First, try this.
Start | Run | Type: system32 | Click OK |
Size the window so you can also see your Desktop.
Scroll down to sndvol32.exe.
Left click and drag sndvol32.exe to your Desktop.
Wait just a minute.
Now scroll down clear to the bottom of system32.
Is there a new sndvol32.exe there?
If there is a new sndvol32.exe delete the one on your Desktop.
Close system32. You can delete the sndvol32.exe from your Desktop.
That means that the bad sndvol32.exe file was replaced by a hopefully
good copy from another folder. Hopefully the volume control now
works.
If there is NOT a new sndvol32.exe drag the one on your Desktop back
into system32. Do NOT delete it.
Close system32.
That means that there wasn't another copy of sndvol32.exe to replace
the bad copy.
If there was no sndvol32.exe in the system32 folder that you could
drag to the desktop in the first place, then we have to see if there
is another copy of sndvol32.ex_ on your hard drive somewhere that we
can expand.
Search for sndvol32.ex_ using this as guidance...
HOW TO: Search For Hidden Or System Files In Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302347
If none of this works, remove the 123 from (e-mail address removed)
and E-mail me and I will E-mail you back with a copy of sndvol32.exe.
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In jj <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
yes i put the cd in the drive and used d: because that is my cd
drive, and that is the error that i got. but the cd that i have is
y toshiba recovery cd, it is not a xp cd. my laptop came
preloaded, are these cd's diferent? thank you for being so patient.
:
No bother, jj.
We will keep doing this 'til one of us gets it right. ;-)
Is your XP CD in your D: drive?
I just did the command with no CD of any kind in either of my
drives.
This is the exact error that I got...
Can't open input file: d:\i386\sndvol32.ex_.
expand can't open the file because there is no CD that contains the
file in either of the drives.
Is D: the drive letter of the CD drive that your XP CD is in?
If it is in a different drive, like E:, change the drive letter in
the command.
By the way, it makes no difference if the letters are UPPERCASE,
lowercase or MiXeDcASe.
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In jj <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
hi,
sorry to be such a bother. i looked up the expand/? like you said
and i get the part about telling it what to expand FROM and TO
but i don't understand what it is telling me. when i type in
d:\i386\sndvol32.ex_ C:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe I still get
"can not open input file D:\i386\sndvol32/ex"
I am sorry, thank you for helping
:
Your missing this part D:\I386\
expand D:\I386\sndvol32.ex_ c:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe
Change D to = your CD drive letter if it is different than D:
This command should also work...
expand D:\I386\sndvol32.ex_ %windir%\system32\sndvol32.exe
The Expand command has to know where to expand sndvol32.ex_ FROM
and TO. It needs a Source and a Destination.
Type expand /? in a command prompt for help.
Also for expand help...
Paste the following line into Start | Run and click OK...
hh ntcmds.chm::/expand.htm
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In jj <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
ok i was missing the space. now when i type in the proper "
expand sndvol32.ex_ c:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe" the
responce I get is " cannot open input file sndvol32.ex what
dose this mean? and what should i do next?
:
jj wrote:
When I follow those instructions after the final cmd "expand
sndvol32 etc..." it tells me "no destination specified for
sndvol32.exe" What should I do next?
The etc. above is the path to your System32 folder. They gave
an example, but you have to type in the path where it's
actually located on your system. One point of confusion might
be the fact that there's a space after:
expand sndvol32.ex_
Then, there's the vague folder name.
"system_root\system32\sndvol32.exe"
It's most likely:
C:\Windows\System32\sndvol32.exe
.. on your system.
:
Hi jj,
See if this applies.
Volume Icon Is Not Displayed in the Notification Area, and
You
Receive an Error Message When You Try to Add It:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319095
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