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Old 22nd Oct 2011, 11:38
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Speaker icon

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?
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Old 23rd Oct 2011, 22:09
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Have a look at this it may help
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Thanks for that.

The article doesn't quite address the problem, but it does give me that elusive file name.
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Are you 'hiding unused icons'?
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Yes, but I've often checked and it's never been amongst the hidden ones.
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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.
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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.
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Aha !

So it's a 'feature' of XP.

Thanks.
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This might help...

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