On windows 7 my volume icon is missing from the system tray
This can happen from time to time, but it is very rare and usually a restart will fix it.
The three solutions to try are (in order of convenience):
Restart the Windows Audio service.
- open the Start menu
- right-click on Computer and select Manage
- navigate to "Services and Applications" → Services
- right-click on Windows Audio and choose Restart
Restart Explorer.exe.
- press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and select Task Manager
- go to the Processes tab and find explorer.exe
- right-click it and select "End Process". Make sure you do not have any file operations (copy/move etc.) going. Explorer should automatically restart.
- If it doesn't, then in Task Manager, go to File → "New Task (Run...)", type in
explorer, click OK and it should be back.
Restart the computer.
Go to control Panel, in that open Notification Area Icons
In that window in the bottom side click on the Turn System icons on or off please select on in the icon behaviour of volume, and click ok
....that's it
I'm running Windows 7.
I could not quickly find 'Notification Area' in Control Panel, so I simply typed in "notification area" after clicking on the start button (lower left)
Pick the first response,'Notification Area Icons'.
Choose 'turn system icons on or off'. You should be able to pick which ones to show.
If the volume control is greyed out choose 'Restore default icon behaviours'.
And finally restart your computer.