Display the volume control icon in the taskbar

Published: September 7, 2006

If you’re listening to music on your computer, and you want a quick way to turn the volume up or down, you can create a shortcut icon for your volume control and put it in the taskbar. That way it’s always right at your fingertips. Otherwise, you’ll need to go into the Sounds and Audio Devices category in your Control Panel whenever you want to adjust the volume.

To add the volume control icon to your taskbar

1.	Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2.	Click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices.
3.	Under Pick a task, click Change the speaker settings.
4.	In the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties box, click the Volume tab, and select the Place volume icon in the taskbar check box. Then, click OK.

Now when you want to adjust the volume, you can just click the speaker icon in the taskbar and move the slider.

Note: You might need to click on the left-facing arrow button (<) on the taskbar to display the audio icon.

To learn how to organize this section of your taskbar, read Organize your notification area.