Volume Icon missing from taskbar

[Bennie H Mineer]

I have this little problem with the volume Icon in the taskbar.
I would like to have it there all the time. I am running windows XP Pro. I have tried both
the classic and regular XP versions with the same results for both.
When I open the sounds program from the control panel there is a place to check for adding the volume control icon to the taskbar. I check it and click ok. It adds the volume
icon to the taskbar and it works ok. However: next time I start the computer it is missing again. If I again open the sounds, the box is already checked. If I uncheck it and click ok, then check it again and click ok, it will again add the volume Icon to the task bar.
Either checking or unchecking "hide inactive Icons" makes no difference either.

Is there a way to make the volume Icon be there all the time? I think maybe it might be
a registry setting, but I don't know where to look for it.

Any help will be appreceiated. Thank You.

[mumblemass]

Just a try here but
right click your start button/properties
taskbar tab then customise
go volume and always show

hope this helps

[Bennie H Mineer]

>>Either checking or unchecking "hide inactive Icons" makes no difference either<<

Already tried that.. see first post. It doesn't help..
anything else? Thank you.

[IPR512]

You might try going to this link.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Once there look for Line 54- SAVE SETTINGS ON EXIT.
Before running that script though I would enable the volume control icon in the taskbar properties first, run the script, shutdown the computer and see if it works.
I've had an annoying problem with the Safely Remove Hardware icon not appearing in the tray, and finally solved it by using that script.

[mumblemass]

Oh ok yeah sorry about that i am going to have to start reading things in full before i try to come up with a solution. hope you got it done in the end anyway

[Bennie H Mineer]

Originally Posted by Bennie H Mineer

I have this little problem with the volume Icon in the taskbar.
I would like to have it there all the time. I am running windows XP Pro. I have tried both
the classic and regular XP versions with the same results for both.
When I open the sounds program from the control panel there is a place to check for adding the volume control icon to the taskbar. I check it and click ok. It adds the volume
icon to the taskbar and it works ok. However: next time I start the computer it is missing again. If I again open the sounds, the box is already checked. If I uncheck it and click ok, then check it again and click ok, it will again add the volume Icon to the task bar.
Either checking or unchecking "hide inactive Icons" makes no difference either.

Is there a way to make the volume Icon be there all the time? I think maybe it might be
a registry setting, but I don't know where to look for it.

Any help will be appreceiated. Thank You.

PROBLEM SOLVED...SOLVED....SOLVED....

For those interested in the fix for this problem, here is the answer:
Go to the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS in the control panel..
Go to the WINDOWS COMPONENTS section
Go to the NETWORKING SERVICES section
click on details
Uncheck UPNP (universal plug and play)
Click ok till all are closed...restart computer and the Volume Icon will appear in the
system tray.. Of course you have to have the sounds section set to place speaker
Icon in the system tray.
This cured the problem for me.. Hope it works for you..
(I'm using XP pro.. don't know about other versions whether they have this problem or not.)