# Volume control missing from sytem tray?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volume-control-missing-from-sytem-tray/54745>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volume-control-missing-from-sytem-tray/54745 "2001-02-16T14:45:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volume-control-missing-from-sytem-tray/54745/1 "2001-02-16T14:45:21Z")

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Anybody have any idea why my volume control suddenly quit showing up in my system tray? Any idea how I can get it back?

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volume-control-missing-from-sytem-tray/54745/2 "2001-02-16T14:55:27Z")

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No idea why, but check the setting here:

Start\>Settings\>Control Panel\>Multimedia\>Audio tab\>Playback panel\>Show Volume Control

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volume-control-missing-from-sytem-tray/54745/3 "2001-02-16T15:02:46Z")

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Bingo…Thanks SmackFu, I don’t know why that happened