Sound icon missing

"Bj" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:025201c3aa2f$3bf5dfa0$a501280a@phx.gbl...

> One day, when I got on my computer I found that the
> volume control, sound icon was no longer in my system
> tray. I think my son deleted it somehow. When I tried
> to put it up from the windows directory, I got the
> shortcut and it asked me if I wanted it on the system
> tray. I clicked yes, and it won't let me, says the
> program does not exist. Is there a download for that
> little program that I can find. Or where it might be in
> microsoft?

Its not in your c:\windows directory, its in c:\windows\system32. If its not
there then you need to put it there !

Put your XP XD in drive then, Start > Run > type Msconfig > OK > Expand file

> browse for sndvol32.exe and extract it to the following :

c:\windows\system32.

Go to c:\windows\system32 and double click on sndvol32.exe. You should then
find the loudspeaker icone in the systray. If not create a shortcut etc. or
Start > Control Panel > Sound & Audio Devices > make sure the little box is
ticked to put the icone in the systray.

Cheers,
Jerry