I accidentally deleted my volume control program for my laptop how do I get it back where can i download from?

Question

in the control panel, when I try to put the volume control icon back on the taskbar, a pop up tells me that I don't have the volume control program installed. It's not in the add/remove programs either. thanks

Answer 1

1) reboot windows

2) if that doesn't work, go to Start --> Run --> enter "sndvol32.exe"

3) if that doesn't work, search google for "sndvol32.exe", download it, and put it in c:/windows/system

(actually if step 1 doesn't work then try what the answerer below me said)

Answer 2

This error message generally means the application that controls volume in Windows, sndvol32.exe, is corrupt rather than uninstalled. There isn't a clear reason why this happens, although I have seen cases where third party drivers from soundcard manufacturers completely damage the entire Windows volume control setup. To make matters more confusing, the error message in Windows is misleading, because you can't restore the problem from Add/Remove Programs. Windows cannot display the volume control on the taskbar because the Volume Control program has not been installed. To install it use Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. Depending on whether your computer shipped with a recovery partition on the drive or a physical Windows CD, there are two ways to resolve the problem. Recovery Partition Volume Control Recovery If you have a Recovery partition like my HP test box, one of the partitions is likely labeled Recovery (or HP_RECOVERY in my case). Open a command prompt by clicking Start > Run (Windows Key+R). Type cmd in the Open line and click OK. Type in the following, replacing the C:\ and D:\ drives with your recovery partition and system partition respectively. expand c:\i386\sndvol32.ex_ c:\windows\system32\dllcache\sndvol32.ex... Hit Enter and then type: expand c:\i386\sndvol32.ex_ d:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe The first one puts a copy of the the volume control app in the folder where Windows recovers operating system components automatically. The second command puts the volume control in the live directory. Either type exit to leave the command prompt or click the X in the corner to close the window. Your Volume Control should now be restored. You can verify this by opening the Sound and Audio Devices from Control Panel and checking the box to Place volume icon in the taskbar.

Answer 3

its part of the original laptop programs.

Go to the laptop manufacturers website and search for it under downloads or support.

Answer 4

system restore try restoring you computer to an earlier date

Answer 5

Take a look here.http://forums.techguy.org/multimedia/517401-sndvol32-exe-missing.html
They have sndvol32.exe if you need it.