XP Volume Control

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Bob Horvath

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:34:01 -0700, Bob Horvath wrote:

Try Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Volume Tab, and check
"place volume icon in taskbar" This is assuming it is unchecked for
some reason.
 
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Guest

Will not work. Says it's not installed.

Bob Horvath said:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:34:01 -0700, Bob Horvath wrote:

Try Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Volume Tab, and check
"place volume icon in taskbar" This is assuming it is unchecked for
some reason.
 
B

Bob Horvath

My volume control has disappeared. How do I reinstall? Can't find it.


More info . . . . . .
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Here is the site for this info, scroll down the site page.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_v.htm


Volume Control - The volume icon does not appear in the notification
area (system tray)

Go to Start/Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Devices. On the Volume Tab
under Device Volume, put a check in the box that reads: Place volume
icon in the taskbar.

If that has been tried:

Place your XP CD in then go to Start/Run and type in:
EXPAND -R X:\I386\powrprof.dl_ C:\Windows\System32

Once done: Go to Start/Run and type in: regsvr32 stobject.dll

Lastly, run this edit: Restore Volume and Net Icon in the
Notification Area

Other Checkpoints:

Make sure Hide Inactive is disabled in Taskbar Properties. 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).
Right-click the taskbar & select Task Manager under Processes tab
select Explorer.Exe & End Task. Under Applications tab select New
Task, type in "explorer" and click OK.
Volume Control - Error Message

If the above hasn't helped and you have received this error:

Windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the
Volume Control program has not been installed. To install it use
Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

To resolve this issue, extract a new copy of Sndvol32.exe from the
Windows XP CD to the system_root \System32 folder on your computer's
hard disk. To do this, follow these steps:

Start/Run/CMD. In the command prompt window type:

X: (where X is your CD Drive letter)
CD \I386

Then use the expand command: expand -r sndvol32.ex_
c:\windows\system32

Note: This assumes XP is installed on C: and that its installed in the
Windows folder. If not, you'll need to adjust the command accordingly.
Additionally, this must be an installable version of XP, not a
"recovery CD".

Save Settings on Exit (Line 54)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
 

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