My volume icon has gone

[Cockney Guy]

A very strange thing happened after I did a virus scan. My volume icon has gone missing from my taskbar at the bottom of my screen. All other icons are there and the sound works fine but at full volume. Any idea how I get it back?
Many thanks

[Rtaxron]

Same thing happened to me Cockney yesterday, but I haven't got any sound now.

[trish432]

Don`t know how to get your icon back, but you could go into control panel (sounds and audio devices) and lower sound from there. Or maybe a system restore would brig your tray icon back.

[trish432]

Just been into control panel, there`s a box you can tick to place an icon in the tray. Hope this helps you, I`ve never noticed it before.

[Rtaxron]

trish432,
The control panel has many options, can you be more specific or where to find the the icon?

[gobofraggle]

control panel>sounds and audio devices

[Cockney Guy]

Trish seems to be right. I went into control panel and made a shortcut of the sound icon to the desktop. I then dragged it to the taskbar and deleted the desktop icon. It seems to work but the sound icon is now on the bottom left instead of the bottom right, where it used to be. Oh well, I can live with that.

Thanks Folks

[Rtaxron]

Where do you find the shortcut of the sound icon to put on the tool bar in control panel>sounds and audio devices?
I cant find it.

[Cockney Guy]

Yes Rtaxron, its the icon that looks like a loud speaker, Sounds and Audio devices. just right click and make a short cut

[rnchugg]

Hi all. Depending what system you are using and if your using a Laptop or Desktop, go to the start menu then all programs and you should find a file marked SOMETHING LIKE "soundmax" if you then go into the control panel. follow the Top tabs to general and check the box that says "show soundmask on the taskbar" that should then restore your icon.

[Rtaxron]

rnchugg,

I cant find "soundmax" anywhere.

[Rtaxron]

Or general in the Top tabs. I have xp.

[funkymoped]

Rtaxron.

go to control panel.
sound, speech and audio devices.
then "sounds and audio devices"
a small window will open with 5 choices of what you want to do.
go to "volume" and make sure you have a tick in the
"place volume icon in the taskbar"
:-)

[Rtaxron]

funkymoped,

Thanks but when i go to the volume as you suggested, it wont let me put a tick in the box, its shaded if you know what i mean.

[Cockney Guy]

Well, I did it at last.
1. I installed the sound driver from the applications and support disc that came with the computer (even though the sound was working)
2. I then went to control panel opened the sound driver icon
3. I could then put a tick in the box which reads Place volume icon in task bar
and BINGO, my icon was back in the task bar on the right hand side and it works as it did before MUTE, VOLUME SLIDER
Hope this helps
C G