| The System Tray in Windows is a handy little area for quick access to many of the computers basic functions. If you don't know where the system tray is, just look for the clock. That area is the system tray.
In this tutorial I will show you how to add (or remove) the volume control slider to the system tray.
The Audio Properties Icon : First, check to see if the audio properties  icon is in the system tray. The icon is a little yellow speaker (circled in red - image right).
Add / Remove Icon : To add (or remove) the audio properties icon to the system tray, first, click on Settings in the Start Menu. Next, click on the Control Panels folder. In the Control Panels Folder, you will double click on the Sounds and Multimedia Icon (image 1 below).
In the Sound Properties Control Panel you can then adjust various audio input and output settings. To add the Volume Control to the Taskbar, put a check next to Show Volume Control in the Taskbar (image 2 below). Next, click on Apply and then OK. You will then see the Volume Control on the System Tray (image 3 below).
The process for removing the Volume control is the same except you will uncheck the box next to Show Volume control on the Taskbar.
Adjusting Volume : Now that you have the Volume Control in the system tray, you can click on it to display a volume slider. Move the slider up to increase the volume and down to decrease the volume (image 4 below). You can also mute the volume by checking the Mute button (image 5 below).
You can tell that the volume is muted because the icon will have a red circle around it with a line through the icon.
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