
Once clicked the TrayNotify, look for IconStreams and PastIconStreams at the right pane.ĭelete both keys.

Open registry editor in Windows and find out If none of the above methods helped for you, follow the below registry modification.ī) Registry modification- It’s recommended to take a backup before modifying the registry. By this time, your desktop will go blank as the explorer service is not running at the moment.Īfter that, on the File menuselect the new process or Run (or new tasks). The following two steps can solve the issue.Ī) Kill the explorer.exe from P rocesses or Details tab under task manager.įind out all explorer.exe and kill/terminate them, make sure no explorer.exe is running in the task manager. If still the volume icon is missing and you are not able to enable it from ‘Turn system icons on or off’ area as mentioned in the earlier step, then that could be an issue with the explorer process. Read Also: How to get back missing language bar in Windows 8 or 8.1 Method 2: Restart the Windows Explorer If this step doesn’t help, click on ‘Restore default icon behaviors’ which may bring back the missing icon. Make sure Volume icon is set ‘On’ as shown below, if not, enable it. Right-click near the clock on the notification area and select Properties. Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users can try below method.

In most cases, this method should work on Windows 10 or earlier Operating Systems. This is a straightforward method to bring back the missing volume icon from the taskbar if someone or system settings disabled the view. Make sure that the volume icon is set to show in the notification area. This will directly open the control box where we can enable and disable the icons in the notification bar. Search for ‘ Turn system icons on or off’ from Windows search and click on it.

Methods to Show Missing Volume Icon on Windows 10 or 8.1 Method 1: Let’s try from the Settings up

Recently I faced this same issue after upgrading my Windows 10 and one of the following methods helped to solve it. There are several methods available to fix this issue, but we will start with the basic method and then move to the advanced steps. This could be possibly by system registry/files corruption or sound driver issues by Windows updates or even it was accidentally disabled by someone. For some reasons, the sound icon on the notification area may not appear.
