{"id":6510,"date":"2018-08-26T18:56:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T13:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=6510"},"modified":"2023-07-31T17:54:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:24:50","slug":"taskbar-volume-control-not-working-windows-10-sndvol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/taskbar-volume-control-not-working-windows-10-sndvol\/","title":{"rendered":"Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work in Windows 10\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, the Taskbar volume control icon in Windows may not respond to the mouse click. The slider doesn&#8217;t appear when you click on the speaker icon, and nothing happens when you right-click on it. The audio may still work in all applications, but only the controls don&#8217;t open. Due to this, users have to open <code>sndvol.exe<\/code> from the Run dialog to open the Volume Mixer and control the sounds.<\/p>\n<p>This post explains how to fix the volume control (speaker) icon in Windows 10 and Windows 11.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Right from the early Windows 10 builds, the Start menu and Taskbar (immersive shell) have always been buggy. It was not unusual to see the Taskbar or the Start menu become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/start-and-taskbar-stuck-windows-10-fix-shellexperiencehost\/\">non-responsive<\/a>, especially in the earliest Windows 10 builds. Moreover, the immersive shell menu responsiveness is usually a bit slow compared to the classic Windows menus. The speaker volume control slider and the context menu that appears when you right-click on the speaker icon use the modern UI (a.k.a immersive shell). When the Taskbar gets stuck, none of the notification area icons respond.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/taskbar-volume-control-right-click.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"270\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The right-click menu has options to open the volume mixer, sound settings, launch the Sounds applet where you can enable\/disable playback and recording devices, and alter other properties. While the taskbar volume control icon is non-responsive, audio may still work on the computer, and you&#8217;re able to open <code>sndvol.exe<\/code> and adjust the volume.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc\">\n<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#restartshell\">Restart Explorer via Task Manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#powershell\">Reinstall ShellExperienceHost<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#troubleshooter\">Run the audio troubleshooter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#updatedrivers\">Update the audio drivers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#legacy\">Enable the legacy Volume Control slider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#eartrumpet\">Install EarTrumpet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ahk\">Using keyboard to control the volume (with an AutoHotKey script)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>[Fix] Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not work<\/h2>\n<h3><a id=\"restartshell\"><\/a>Fix 1: Restart Explorer via Task Manager<\/h3>\n<p>The volume control icon may fail to respond intermittently for unknown reasons. The quickest way to resolve the issue is to restart the Explorer shell.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right-click on the Taskbar, and click <strong>Task Manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In Task Manager Processes tab, scroll down to the Windows processes category.<\/li>\n<li>Right-click Windows Explorer in the list, and click <strong>Restart<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/archived2\/w0-exit-explorer-2.png\" width=\"590\" height=\"555\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(For more information, check out the article <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/exit-explorer-restart-windows-10-8\/\"><em>How to Exit Explorer and Restart Explorer)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This restarts the explorer shell and refreshes the Start menu and taskbar (Shell experience host). See if the volume control button works now.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"powershell\"><\/a>Fix 2: Reinstall ShellExperienceHost<\/h3>\n<p>This particular fix applies to Windows 10 and may not be required if you&#8217;re running Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p>Start <code>PowerShell.exe<\/code> as administrator and then run this command:<\/p>\n<pre><code>Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register \"$($_.InstallLocation)\\AppXManifest.xml\"}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/w10-reinstall-shellexperiencehost-powershell.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work- reinstall shellexperiencehost\" width=\"859\" height=\"134\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above command reinstalls the <strong>ShellExperienceHost<\/strong> package, responsible for the Start menu &amp; Taskbar functionality.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"troubleshooter\"><\/a>Fix 3:\u00a0Run the audio troubleshooter<\/h3>\n<p>Although the audio may work fine, see if the Audio Troubleshooter picks up misconfiguration in the system, if any. To run the audio troubleshooter, click Start \u2192 Settings \u2192 Update &amp; security \u2192 <strong>Troubleshoot<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Playing Audio<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Run the Troubleshooter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Alternately, open an admin Command Prompt and run:<\/p>\n<pre>msdt.exe -id AudioPlaybackDiagnostic -skip yes -ep SndVolTrayMenu -elevated yes<\/pre>\n<p>This starts the audio troubleshooter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/audio-troubleshooter-w10.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"571\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"updatedrivers\"><\/a>Fix 4: Update the audio drivers<\/h3>\n<p>In my case, the troubleshooter notified me that my system was using a generic audio driver. Of course, it&#8217;s always a better option to get the latest drivers from your computer manufacturer. OEMs like Dell include a health checkup and software updater tool built-in. They ensure you have the latest drivers from the manufacturer &#8212; exactly for your computer model and chipset.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/dell-supportassist.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"699\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Use your OEM&#8217;s support tool to get the latest drivers for your audio device.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"legacy\"><\/a>Fix 5: Enable the legacy Volume Control slider<\/h3>\n<p>To determine if the new shell experience is causing the problem, you can enable the legacy volume control slider using a registry edit.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start <strong>Regedit.exe<\/strong> and go to:\n<pre>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Create a subkey named <code>MTCUVC<\/code><\/li>\n<li>With the <code>MTCUVC<\/code> key selected, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named <code><strong>EnableMtcUvc<\/strong><\/code><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/enablemtcuvc-registry.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"699\" height=\"148\" \/><br \/>\n<code>EnableMtcUvc<\/code> with value data of 0 enables the legacy volume control flyout.<\/li>\n<li>Exit the Registry Editor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We&#8217;ve now enabled the Windows 7-style legacy volume control slider in Windows 10\/11. No restart is required after the registry edit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/enablemtcuvc-legacy-volume-slider.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"713\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Workarounds<\/h2>\n<h3><a id=\"eartrumpet\"><\/a>Install EarTrumpet<\/h3>\n<p>You may consider installing the <strong>EarTrumpet<\/strong>, third-party software that lets you control the volume of classic and modern Windows apps. EarTrumpet would be a perfect replacement for the native Taskbar speaker icon. EarTrumpet volume control icon shows up alongside the default speaker icon.<\/p>\n<p>After installing EarTrumpet, you can hide the native speaker icon by going into the <strong>Settings<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Turn system icons on or off<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>EarTrumpet is available for free at the Microsoft Store. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/eartrumpet\/9nblggh516xp?activetab=pivot:overviewtab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get EarTrumpet<\/a> from Microsoft Store.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The team that built it is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rafael Rivera &#8211; a renowned software engineer.<\/li>\n<li>David Golden &#8211; lead engineer on MetroTwit.<\/li>\n<li>Dave Amenta &#8211; ex-Microsoft, worked on Windows shell and Start menu for Windows 8 and 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: EarTrumpet 2.0 intro via <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanselman.com\/blog\/EarTrumpet20MakesWindows10sAudioSubsystemEvenBetterandItsFree.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Scott Hanselman<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9226\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9226 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ear-trumpet-1.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"702\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EarTrumpet: App-specific volume sliders shown in the flyout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You see the various sliders in the flyout. You can even switch the default playback device (e.g., speaker to headphones, or the other way around) on a per-application basis via the flyout.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the Windows default volume control flyout shows only the global slider; independent controls are available only in the Volume Mixer (<code>sndvol.exe<\/code>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9225\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9225 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/volume-mixer-1.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"595\" height=\"343\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Windows 10&#8217;s default volume mixer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can still open the Windows legacy volume mixer and all other dialogs via the EarTrumpet icon&#8217;s context menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ear-trumpet-2.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"702\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Settings<\/strong> option in the EarTrumpet speaker icon context menu lets you assign a keyboard shortcut key to open the volume control slider.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ear-trumpet-3.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work\" width=\"701\" height=\"478\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the full features list and screenshots, see the EarTrumpet&#8217;s Github link <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/File-New-Project\/EarTrumpet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">EarTrumpet: EarTrumpet &#8211; Volume Control for Windows<\/a>. EarTrumpet is also available via the Microsoft Store.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"ahk\"><\/a>Using keyboard to control the volume (with an AutoHotKey script)<\/h3>\n<p>AutoHotkey is a free, open-source scripting language for Windows that allows users to easily create small to complex scripts for all kinds of tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Using a custom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/tag\/autohotkey\/\">AutoHotKey<\/a> script, you can assign keyboard shortcuts &#8212; e.g., Ctrl &amp; Shift &amp; + (Numeric Keypad) and Ctrl &amp; Shift &amp; &#8211; (Numeric Keypad) to increase and decrease the volume.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download and install <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autohotkey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AutoHotKey<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Launch Notepad.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the following contents and paste them into Notepad:\n<pre>; Adjust Windows Volume using keyboard shortcut:\r\n\r\n^+NumpadAdd::\r\nSoundGet, volume \r\nSend {Volume_Up}\r\nSoundSet, volume + 2\r\nReturn\r\n\r\n^+NumpadSub::\r\nSoundGet, volume \r\nSend {Volume_Down}\r\nSoundSet, volume - 2\r\nReturn<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Save the file as &#8220;<code>volume.ahk<\/code>&#8221; in a permanent location &#8212; e.g., <code>E:\\Scripts<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Double-click the script to run it.<\/li>\n<li>Open the Startup folder of your user account. To quickly open the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/shell-commands-to-access-the-special-folders\/\">Startup folder<\/a>, type &#8220;<code>shell:startup<\/code>&#8221; in the Run dialog and click OK.<\/li>\n<li>Create a shortcut for <code>E:\\Scripts\\volume.ahk<\/code> and place it in the Startup folder so that the script runs at every login.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ahk-script-startup-folder.png\" alt=\"place ahk autohotkey script in startup folder\" width=\"661\" height=\"128\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You should now be able to control the volume using the &#8220;Ctrl &amp; Shift &amp; +&#8221;\u00a0 or &#8220;Ctrl &amp; Shift &amp; -&#8221; key combination to increase or decrease the volume, respectively. Note that you need to use the <strong>+\/-<\/strong> keys only the numeric keypad for the script to work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/numpad-volume-autohotkey.png\" alt=\"volume control slider autohotkey\" width=\"205\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see the on-screen display (OSD) of the volume control bar. The volume goes up\/down by 2 points each time you press the key combination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/volume-osd.png\" alt=\"volume control slider autohotkey\" width=\"644\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>You can also use the mouse to drag the volume slider to adjust the volume.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rp\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-file-folder-path-clipboard-using-shortcut\/\">Other AutoHotKey scripts<\/a> you may be interested in.<\/em><\/div>\n<p>I hope the methods described in this article helped you workaround or fix the non-responsive taskbar volume control icon in Windows 11 or Windows 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, the Taskbar volume control icon in Windows may not respond to the mouse click. The slider doesn&#8217;t appear when you click on the speaker icon, and nothing happens when you right-click on it. The audio may still work in all applications, but only the controls don&#8217;t open. Due to this, users have to open &#8230; <a title=\"Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work in Windows 10\/11\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/taskbar-volume-control-not-working-windows-10-sndvol\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work in Windows 10\/11\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,8,869],"tags":[762,396,583],"class_list":["post-6510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-autohotkey","tag-powershell","tag-taskbar"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1362,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/pin-wu-icon-start-menu-taskbar-windows-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":6510,"position":0},"title":"How to Pin Windows Update Icon to the Start menu and Taskbar in Windows 7","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Pinning applications to the Start menu or Taskbar is a great way to access them quickly, especially the ones which you use frequently. 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