Missing volume icon

I have a desktop Dell under Vista Home premium, with a sound card, speakers, etc. Until today, I always listened to music, but my icon volume disappeared so that I have no way to increase the volume. How do I make my icon visible volume again so I can adjust the volume?

Hi reynolds4321,

Thanks for posting your question on answers.microsoft.com

To redisplay your volume icon in the taskbar

  1. Click Start ORB
  2. In the search line type TASKBAR and STARTMENU
  3. In the list of programs, select bar TASKS and STARTMENU
  4. Select the tab area of Notification and under the system icons section, place a check next to VOLUME
  5. Click apply and then click OK

It should be visible in the toolbar again.

Please let us know if that fixes the problem or if assistance is needed.

Kind regards

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