Vista - volume control disappears; where's the exe

The volume control icon in the taskbar keeps disappearing apparently at its
own whim. Very frustrating and annoying. In older versions of Windows, the
exe had an option for the control to appear or not in the taskbar.
Unfortunately, I can't find the exe.
What is it called? Where is it at? Why does this keep happening? How can it
be stopped?

Control Panel/Taskbar and start menu/Notification Area

"rwbta" <rwbta@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the info. That checkbox is also available from the Start menu's
property pages. The problem was that it was greyed out and I could not check
it. Instead I went to Control Panel |Sound |Playback |Properties |Levels and
found the Speakers button was marked with mute symbol. I clicked it to
unmute. Then went back to the location you mentioned and the checkbox was now
re-enabled. I checked it and the volume control icon again became visible in
the taskbar where it belongs. Problem solved .
What I don't get is why it happened in the first place. I dislike it when
Vista decides to do what it thinks is best for me without asking me first.

"Curious" wrote:

i cicked add volume control icon in taskbar.and it said. cannot because.the
program.has not yet been installed.but i use to have it in the taskbar.so
that do i do now?

"rwbta" wrote: