on screen volume display missing windows 7

Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not work Fix 1: Restart Explorer via Task Manager 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’re able to open sndvol.exe and alter the volume. When the Taskbar gets stuck, none of the notification area icons respond. 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). Moreover, the immersive shell menu responsiveness is usually a bit slow when compared to the classic Windows menus.

It was not unusual to see the Taskbar or the Start menu become non-responsive, especially in the earliest Windows 10 builds. Right from the early Windows 10 builds, the Start menu and Taskbar (immersive shell) have always been buggy. This post explains how to fix the volume control (speaker) icon in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

On screen volume display missing windows 7