CAN'T FIND VOLUME CONTROL ICON ON TASKBAR

It worked. Thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

it wasn't simple, working in the DOS prompts, but Section 2 of this MS article fixed my problem. Biggest issue is that you must have a complete XP install disk. You wont install anything, but you have to pull a file from it.

I've found this free tool helpful, and its easy. http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Ok. I have the volume icon on my taskbar now but I need to find LINE IN and it's not there. When I click on the volume icon and the volume control window opens the only things I see are: VOLUME CONTROL, WAVE, SW SYNTH, CD PLAYER, MICROPHONE, and PC BEEP. Where do I find the LINE IN control?

the time to go to the "options" on the panel. My SigmaTel Audio offers "line in", etc.


Hope yours does.

shinobi16, Click on the Volume icon, click Options click Properties and checkmark "Line In".

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I clicked on the volume icon, then on OPTIONS, then I have a window that reads: "Adjust Volume For", PLAYBACK or RECORDING. If I put a bullet on PLAYBACK, at the bottom it reads: "Show The Following Volume Controls" and my choices are: VOLUME CONTROL, WAVE, SW SYNTH, CD PLAYER, MICROPHONE, AND PC BEEP. If I choose RECORDING my choices are: CD PLAYER, MICROPHONE, MONO OUT, and WAVE OUT MIX. No line in at all. Where is it?

shinobi16, Which Sound Card do you have?. When you click on Options then Properties does it show the correct Sound Card for ''Mixer Device''? If it doesn't use the drop down arrow and choose your Sound Card.

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It shows a "SoundMax Digital Audio" It's the only one in the drop down menu.

my options are only "line in" & "microphone". Plus advanced after choosing "recording". Did you click "help" to see if your device supports recording? Once you've checked every possible action, google for more info, let your fingers do the thinking.

I've checked every possible thing and no LINE IN. My desktop PC has the LINE IN option but not my laptop. The sound cards are different but that should not be an issue. The LINE IN should be there. So far nothing on GOOGLE. I'll have to keep trying. What a pain!

Hello Everyone

I tried to put a check mark on the square next to PLACE VOLUME ICON IN THE TASKBAR. As soon as I click on the square I get the following 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

I went to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319095 but I don't have my windows Xp installation cd,my computer came preinstalled.

Vyper16, Go into Folder Options and under the View tab choose Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (recommended) click Apply, OK. Do a File search for Sndvol32.exe (that's a small L not a 1). Post back what you find and where any copies of Sndvol32.exe are located.

You may also want to check out the link below.

http://www.jakeludington.com/windows_xp/20060922_windows_volume_control_program_has_not_been_installed.html

Tufenuf

When I did a search I found SNDVOL32.EXE-3928AE06.pf located at
C:\WINDOWS\prefetch

I also have a copy of sndvol32.exe which I downloaded at www.relaxingsoftware.com/sndvol32.exe

I tried what http://www.jakeludington.com/windows_xp/20060922_windows_volume_control_program_has_not_been_installed.html
said but when I enter expandc:\i386\sndvol32.ex_d:\windows\system32\dllcache\sndvol32.exe in cmd I get this message "Can't open input file c:\i386\sndvol32.ex_.

I did what you told me to do in folder options before doing any of the above

Vyper16, Put a copy of that sndvol32.exe that you downloaded into your C:\Windows\System32 folder then restart your computer. Hopefully it will correct the problem.

Tufenuf

shinobi16, ''The sound cards are different but that should not be an issue''.

That could be why your laptop doesn't have the Line In option.

You could try updating the drivers on that Laptop and see what happens. Right click the volume icon aside of the clock, click Adjust audio properties, under the Hardware tab click the Properties button, under the Driver tab click the Update Driver button and see what happens. You can always go back and Roll back the driver if it doesn't work.

Tufenuf

The first thing I did when I encountered the problem was to go to the HP site,downloaded and installed the latest audio drivers. So now when I follow your instructions on updating the drivers, it tells me that it could not find a better match than the ones already installed. The reason that I need that LINE IN option is to adjusted it in order to transfer some vinyl records to digital. Without it I don't know what to do next.

Hello Tufenuf
My problem has been resloved when I moved the downloaded sndvol32.exe file from www.relaxingsoftware.com/sndvol32.exe to C:\WINDOWS\System32 foleder and then I restarted my pc whent to Start--->Control Panel--->Sounds,Speech,and Audio Devices--->Sounds and Audio Devices--->check the box "Place volume icon in taskbar--->Apply--->Ok and it was there in my taskbar

PROBLEM RESLOVED

THANK YOU Tufenuf

Got it today. Worth it just to rid past tray items. Will play more with it. VolCtrl Icon not necessary for me.