Windows volume control

[Bill]

XP on an Intel D865GBF motherboard by default uses
SoundMAX Digital Audio for the system sound control.

I somehow have lost the volume icon from the identification
area of the system tray. When I open Control Panel and
look in the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" sheet,
I get an error message from Windows that the "Volume
Control" program has not been installed when I try to check
"Place volume icon in the taskbar".

I don't see anything in "Add/Remove" system components
that suggests anything to do with volume controls. Also, I
reloaded SoundMAX from the Intel motherboard disc but
that didn't resolve the issue.

Any ideas as to where the so called "Volume Control" program
might be?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Sndvol32.exe is the Volume Control.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Sndvol32.exe

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/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];319095

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Bill]

Wesley,
That resolved the problem. How Sndvol32.exe got deleted from the
System32 directory is a mystery. However, I restored it from the
XP product disc and all is well now.
Thanks,
Bill

Sndvol32.exe is the Volume Control.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Sndvol32.exe

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/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];319095

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

XP on an Intel D865GBF motherboard by default uses
SoundMAX Digital Audio for the system sound control.

I somehow have lost the volume icon from the identification
area of the system tray. When I open Control Panel and
look in the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" sheet,
I get an error message from Windows that the "Volume
Control" program has not been installed when I try to check
"Place volume icon in the taskbar".

I don't see anything in "Add/Remove" system components
that suggests anything to do with volume controls. Also, I
reloaded SoundMAX from the Intel motherboard disc but
that didn't resolve the issue.

Any ideas as to where the so called "Volume Control" program
might be?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Bill,

Windows XP has many mysteries.

Glad you got it solved.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Wesley,
That resolved the problem. How Sndvol32.exe got deleted from the
System32 directory is a mystery. However, I restored it from the
XP product disc and all is well now.
Thanks,
Bill

Sndvol32.exe is the Volume Control.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\Sndvol32.exe

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/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];319095

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

XP on an Intel D865GBF motherboard by default uses
SoundMAX Digital Audio for the system sound control.

I somehow have lost the volume icon from the identification
area of the system tray. When I open Control Panel and
look in the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" sheet,
I get an error message from Windows that the "Volume
Control" program has not been installed when I try to check
"Place volume icon in the taskbar".

I don't see anything in "Add/Remove" system components
that suggests anything to do with volume controls. Also, I
reloaded SoundMAX from the Intel motherboard disc but
that didn't resolve the issue.

Any ideas as to where the so called "Volume Control" program
might be?

Thanks,
Bill