If Network, Clock, Power, Volume system notification area icons are missing in Taskbar in Windows 11/10 & Turn system icons on or off grayed out, then see this.

To put the Volume icon in your Taskbar from the System Tray in Windows XP, follow these steps: 1. Click on Start — Control Panel 2. Click on Sound, Speech and Audio Devices 3. In its properties ...

In the screen that appears, deselect the option for Windows 10's volume controls and click the back arrow in the upper-left corner. Then, click on “Select which icons appear on the taskbar.” ...

I'm home on my XP machine now- go to Control Panel, Sound and Audio Device Properties and on the first tab you see- Volume, there's a check box for Place Volume Icon in Taskbar.

QUESTION:I'm not getting any sound from my Windows 98se PC. I cannot change the volume, I can't open the volume controls, and the desktop icon for the volume is gone from task tray.

A. You can make the sound icon visible on the taskbar by going to Control Panel, double-clicking Multimedia, selecting the Audio tab and then checking the "Show volume control on the taskbar" option.