It's simple.
Open Task Manager and scroll to the bottom.
Right click Windows Explorer and then Restart.
Problem solved.
Volume Icon in system tray won't open after installing latest Windows10 updates
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since I installed the latest updates to windows 10, the volume icon in system tray no longer works.
The icon IS there in the system tray
hovering over the icon shows the volume level
HOWEVER, when I left click OR right click on the icon, NOTHING happens---it will not open so that I can adjust the volume level
Why do the Windows10 updates do more harm than good?
I routinely keep sound levels low until I want to listen to something---now 1 PC (Win10 home) is stuck on volume 20% and laptop ( Win10 Pro) stuck on volume 63%
How can I fix this?
THANKS
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Anonymous
2017-12-21T14:51:39+00:00 It's simple.
Open Task Manager and scroll to the bottom.
Right click Windows Explorer and then Restart.
Problem solved.
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Anonymous
2017-12-20T18:00:16+00:00 Excellent, I would pay to have your hardware knowledge, it worked.
Thank you,
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Anonymous
2017-12-16T19:39:54+00:00 By George, it worked. Sir Jim, you are a genius!!!
Thank you.
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Anonymous
2017-12-14T16:30:37+00:00 AMEN!!!
and when you post a problem and give your OS etc., they come back and ask what ver. of windows you are running and questions you have already supplied the answers to in original post.
Having worked with tech support people at a now defunct website hosting company, I know how some of this works: tier 1 people go by a script and just ask the questions no matter what you've told them
tier 2 is a little better without as rigid a script
tier 3 will actually read and respond to what you've said