Sndvol32.exe is missing

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-06-16 10:48pm

Where can I find it? I don't have a WinXP cd on hand.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-06-17 01:31am

What the heck is sndvol32? It's not running in my processes.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-06-18 06:23pm

Destructionator XIII wrote:sndvol32 is the volume control. It comes up when you double click the speaker icon next to the clock, or you can start in in the start menu.

In a default WinXP install the program would be located at
C:\windows\system32\sndvol32.exe

Correct. Except my copy of WinXP apparently had it deleted, which basically means I can't control the sound volume of anything except Winamp!

EDIT: and no, I don't have a WinXP disk or I wouldn't be screaming about it on here

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-06-18 06:29pm

Destructionator XIII wrote:OK, give me a moment, and I can pull the file off one of my computers.

Do you have WinXP Pro or H0me?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-06-18 06:36pm

Destructionator XIII wrote:XP Home. Here is the file on my little server. Hope it helps.

Well CUUUUUUUTE! Now when I paste the damn thing into my windows\system32 dir, it sez 'Sndvol32.exe already present. Replace?'

Now what?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-06-18 06:39pm

Control Panel -> Sounds & Multimedia

There should be a checkbox for "Show volume control on the taskbar". Is this checked?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-06-18 06:41pm

Uraniun235 wrote:Control Panel -> Sounds & Multimedia

There should be a checkbox for "Show volume control on the taskbar". Is this checked?

It unchecks itself, then when I hit the 'advanced' button next to it, it says 'the sound volume control program isn't installed please use add/remove to install it' despite the BLATANT fact the file's on the hard drive!

Sounds to me like my Registry is forked...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-06-18 07:03pm

Destructionator XIII wrote:Might as well try replaceing the file in system32. It might work. I am currently running XP in an emulator trying to recreate the problem so I can see what is going on better.

I should have some kind of answer for you soon.

The file runs just fine, it's just that whatever Registry doohickey that associates the sound volume control to that program is fucked.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2005-06-18 07:41pm

Don't blow up your b0x trying to help me out. I'll figure something out...

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2005-06-18 11:11pm

Thats the wonders of virtual machines, you can utterly screw them up and then turn them off an no changes are saved to disk