volume icon

hi team for some reason.
every so often
i loose my volume icon in the sys tray.
i know how to reinstall it .
when i check the box to put the icon back
i get an error message
to get it back i have to use the dos command .
any one know why i loose this icon .
marty

 

lanime--What procedure are you using to reinstall the icon? What is the error message you are getting?
You may get some more idea about the error by looking into Control Panel|Administrative Tools|Event Viewer.

 

And is this a Sound Blaster X sound card? I seem to recall a known problem with the volume icon if so, but only vaguely. Before I see if I can find that reference, I'd like to make sure by confirming your sound device. Oh...does explorer crash or get fussy before this, forcing a systray icon refresh?

 

sorry for not giving more detail
i have a creative sb sound card.
but the card before this one was doing the same thing .

to get the icon back and working
i insert my cd .
go to the command prompt .
type
the cd letter
D: PRESS ENTER
the next prompt
i386 --enter
next prompt type
cd i386
then paste this line
expand sndvol32.ex_ c:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe

press enter
and its back
can some one tell me why this is happening .
it is quite frustrating.
perhaps my cd is the fault
thanks
marty

 

I never want to disregard the obvious.....

By default, the Volume icon is not displayed in the notification area in Windows XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279435/EN-US/

 

thanks team all fixed now
marty

 

My guess would be that since he was extracting the system file manually, and launching it , it was not updating in system restore and the state manager returned the corrupt version which caused it to fail. Running system file checker would be the best approach.

 

volume

yes i had corrupt files.
but file checker replaced them back in order.
so unles it gives me the same trouble
i wont know.
it has been like it for some time .
and the method i used to put it back in the sys.
is the only way i know how.
it started when we had a lightening
flash
and closed my sys.down.i got a blue screen.then shut down.
i thought i had lost my sys.but the volume icon was the only fault
now im an expert at putting it back again .
strangly
that was the only thing wrong.
how ever thanks
im always learning
thank again
marty