If you have Windows 10, the first place to start is to verify if the icon is activated.
it’s possible for you to do this in the taskbar configs.
Note that Windows 11 has no option that allows you to suspend the sound icon in the taskbar manually.
After that, try restarting your rig.
In case even that doesnt help, you may need to make some registry changes.
However, be careful because if you change something wrong, it may harm your system.
Lets go through all the ways to fix this bug in detail below.
If your volume control is missing, it may simply be disabled in Windows.
If you have lost the volume control, you just have to plug it back in.
To do this:
This method quite often works for problems with the volume icon on your Windows taskbar.
Note that this setting is gone in Windows 11.
Note that this will close all open folders and any processes related to moving files on your box.
This process may take a few minutes.
In most cases, it should be visible again.
There are two more steps that sometimes help users.
They can help both Windows 10 and Windows 11 users.
The steps will not differ depending on your operating system.
This will be especially true if the icon doesnt just disappear, but becomes gray.
In any case, the problem may be related to an audio gadget.
In this case, you gotta update the driver of the audio gadget.
After that, power cycle your PC and test whether the problem has been fixed.
So you need a data pipe connection.
Alternatively, you might search for your sound card model and download the driver to update it manually.
Resize the text
If nothing helped, theres one last method to fix this problem.
you’ve got the option to change the text size.