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Old 07-22-2014, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ilvgolf View Post
Yes I know that but it isn't there either. Can't imagine what happened to it.
Am going to assume you are using windows - not knowing which operating system you have makes it a bit difficult to respond with any real ability to assist!

Looking at my version of Vista [home edition] I clicked on Control Panel from the start Menu and found an icon for
'taskbar and start menu'
I double clicked on that to open and went to the 'notification area' tab in the window that opened
If volume is shown as an option - make sure it is checked - if not, check it and then click on 'apply' and click 'ok' to exit

If that does not work, my control panel also shows an icon for 'Sound" - right clicking on that gives the opportunity to 'create a short cut'.
I assume you could create a shortcut to place the volume device on your desktop - maybe even in the system tray - dunno.

perhaps this site can help - How to Restore the Volume Control to Your Windows System Tray | eHow
I like the tip on the bottom if your system has the 'Notification Area Icons' in the control panel.

If all of the above fails, use Bing to search on 'lost volume icon in system tray'
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Found these responses for Windows 7:

I'm running Windows 7. I could not quickly find 'Notification Area' in Control Panel, so I simply typed in "notification area" after clicking on the start button (lower left) Pick the first response,'Notification Area Icons'.
Choose 'turn system icons on or off'. You should be able to pick which ones to show. If the volume control is greyed out choose 'Restore default icon behaviours'.

And finally restart your computer.

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Go to control Panel, in that open Notification Area Icons

In that window in the bottom side click on the Turn System icons on or off
please select on in the icon behaviour of volume, and click ok
....that's it
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