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vulcanised
22nd Oct 2011, 11:38
I have it set to appear in the taskbar (XP) on bootup.

Half the time, it gets skipped for some reason and doesn't appear. Since I set the default as muted this is a bit of a pain, and I have to access it through control panel when this happens.

Does anyone know the name (presumably a .exe?) of the file which fires up the icon?

ZH875
23rd Oct 2011, 22:09
Have a look at this (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319095) it may help

vulcanised
24th Oct 2011, 11:46
Thanks for that.

The article doesn't quite address the problem, but it does give me that elusive file name.

BOAC
24th Oct 2011, 15:30
Are you 'hiding unused icons'?

vulcanised
24th Oct 2011, 16:46
Yes, but I've often checked and it's never been amongst the hidden ones.

BOAC
24th Oct 2011, 17:01
Could you check the settings for 'Volume'? Rt Click 'Start' then properties then tick hide inactive and customise. See what settings you have for the Speaker icon. Might be worth a fiddle.

Out Of Trim
24th Oct 2011, 18:42
Vulcanised, my XP desktop machine does the exact same thing! I usually hibernate rather than shut down to avoid the occurrence as much as possible.

It's been doing this for years. 50:50 chance whether it boots correctly or not.:ugh:

vulcanised
24th Oct 2011, 19:41
Aha !

So it's a 'feature' of XP.

Thanks.

MacBoero
24th Oct 2011, 21:58
This might help...

Systray icons missing | Windows Problem Solver (http://winhlp.com/node/16)