Re: Can't get volume icon to stay in task bar

Readers:
Re bj's reply: I have curently no sound from WMP and my Dart Sound
Restoration software, etc. Formerly driling buzzing sounds instead of music.
My spkrs and sndcard are OK. Windows earlier blew off SndVol32.exe, and
advises me to reinstall it via my XP ADD/REMOVE program. 1)Where do I find
that file on my XP CD-ROM? 2)How in the hell do I get it in there, since the
thing adds/removes programs, and not indiv. files, as far as i can see. Tried
the bj thing, but kept geting a "the device is not ready" msg after I typed
in my Drive letter. Any helpful sugestions?
--
Jack Sanders


"chicagofan" wrote:

wpsnts wrote:
Nothing has worked. Any other ideas?

Dave

Have you read these?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;245692

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319095


You didn't mention getting any error messages, but since I was there, I
thought I would send that last one along anyway. :)

And this from the MSDN library just FYI:

SysTray and SndVol32
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The SndVol32 program (sndvol32.exe) controls both the volume settings for
various sound sources (such as wave, CD, and synthesizer) and the master
volume setting. The SndVol32 program is represented as a speaker icon that
appears in the system-tray notification area the taskbar, which appears in
the bottom-right corner of the Windows screen by default.

The SysTray program (systray.exe) is responsible for displaying the speaker
icon when it is turned on and for hiding the speaker icon when it is turned
off. In Windows XP, the speaker icon is hidden by default. In all other
Windows versions, including Windows XP SP1, the speaker icon is visible by
default.

In Windows XP, follow these steps to display the speaker icon on the taskbar:

1. In Control Panel, click the Sounds and Audio Devices icon (or simply
run mmsys.cpl).
2. On the Volume tab, select the Place volume icon in the taskbar check box.

If your sound card's volume level can be changed under software control, a
speaker icon appears on the taskbar. You can change the master-volume
setting by single-clicking on that icon and adjusting the volume slider.

At logon time, SysTray queries the audio driver for a mixer line with a
MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_SPEAKERS (speaker destination) or
MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_HEADPHONES (headphone destination) component
type to determine whether the speaker icon should be displayed. If neither
of these component types is found, SysTray does not display the speaker
icon. If it does find the line, it queries the line to determine whether it
contains a mute control. SysTray completes its logon-time mixer-line
processing by internally storing the line ID and mute control ID for future
reference.


Good luck! Hope you find the answer soon.
bj

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