I cannot find the sound volume control icon (yellow speaker) in my system tray anymore. WINXP Pro. V 2002 SP1 AMD Duron 995 128MB Ram Sounds and Audio devices Properties: Place volume icon in the taskbar - Won't work. says: Windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the Volume Control program has not been installed.... use Add/REmove.... I tried but there is nothing in Accessories and the only thing that shows up in Start/Protrams/Accessories/Entertainment is Windows Media Player. Nothing in any of the other catagories I checked out that refers to sound volume. I'm at a loss. I know I inadvertantly deleted some stuff from the Add/Remove Windows Components but don't remember. Thanks so much Inphoenix

To resolve this issue, extract a new copy of Sndvol32.exe from the Windows XP compact disc to the system_root \System32 folder on your computer's hard disk. To do this, follow these steps: Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Press and hold down the SHIFT key as you insert the CD-ROM to prevent it from starting automatically. Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type cmd , and then click OK. Type the following lines at the command prompt, pressing ENTER after each line, where CD-ROM drive is the drive letter of the computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive that contains the Windows XP CD-ROM, and system_root is the path and folder name where the Windows system files are located (generally C:\Windows): CD-ROM drive: cd i386 expand sndvol32.ex_ system_root \system32\sndvol32.exe For example, if your computer's CD-ROM drive is drive E, and the folder that contains the Windows system files is C:\Windows, type the following lines at the command prompt (pressing ENTER after each line): e: cd i386 expand sndvol32.ex_ c:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe Type exit to quit the command prompt. Verify that you can start Volume Control and that the Volume icon is displayed in the notification area of the taskbar (if you selected this option).

OPS, Thank you so much. That did the trick. But I found the pgm in C:\Windows\LastGood\System32 Wonder how that got there. I was going to do the CD-ROM thing but thought I just do a search instead. You're wonderful inphoenix