Volume icon missing from the taskbar!

Hello! My volume icon disappeared from my taskbar. How can I get that back?  I went to the selected menu on the task bar and start Control Panel configuration-on the notification area, it shows that I have the clock, network and power icons. It shows the volume, but it is weaker than the others so that you cannot select. Is there another way to create a shortcut of volume in my taskbar. I used to have, but for some reason any he disappeared, and I don't know how to get it back!

Hello BubbleGumDiva,

I suggest you follow the link below and run the fix it that will automatically fix this problem:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/945011

You can also do it manually by following the steps below:

1. Click Start, type regedit in the box start search or the programs and files of Serach area and then press ENTER.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click on allow.

2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify HKEY_CURRENT_USER

3. in the Details pane, click the IconStreams registry entry.

4. on the Edit menu, click on remove and then click Yes.

5. in the Details pane, click the PastIconsStream registry entry.

6. on the Edit menu, click on remove and then click Yes.

7. exit the registry editor.

8 restart the Explorer.exe process. To do this, follow these steps:

Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC.

a. on the process in the Task Manager tab, click the process explorer.exe and then click twice on end process.

b. on the file menu, click New task (run), type Explorer and click OK.

c. Output Manager tasks.

Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756 ) how to back up and restore the registry in Windows.

Thank you
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