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
2017-08-26T02:52:37+00:00 I updated my Intel drivers and sound and other issues were resolved.
my sound is fine. I cannot adjust volume levels from icon in system tray........pain in the butt to have to go control panel every time-----should not be this way. Whenever Microsoft updates windows, the update seems to break something else......I expect better
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Anonymous
2017-12-14T15:22:41+00:00 Worked for me, too, but if past experience is any indication, it won't be permanent; but I like it because it's easy.
And if we're talking about grammar, I'd also like to use this reply to express my amazement over the extensive irrelevancy found particularly in Microsoft forums, especially by MICROSOFT replies. To wit: How many times does the poor guy have to say his sound is working fine - the ICON doesn't work?!?!?!?! Do Microsoft employees have only a marginal grasp of the English language? Don't get me wrong - anyone who knows more than one language is doing better than me, but if you're trying to be a forum moderator, then you better think it through a few times, if necessary, before posting.
Sorry for the rant - I see all of this entirely too much on Microsoft forums. It's bad enough when the general public makes such posts, but when the tagline on the poster says Microsoft, I expect more.
In the way of something a bit more contributory - you can also make an icon from sndvol.exe and stick it on the taskbar - that works consistently, even if it doesn't actually solve the problem.
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Anonymous
2017-12-30T15:32:41+00:00 Restarting Windows Explorer is, in most cases, a temporary fix. The problem always comes back and, quite often when you restart
Windows Explorer, some of the icons in the system tray aren't restored. I'm still waiting for a permanent fix from Microsoft.
http://screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1514647770869-77583.png
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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
