Just to be clear - did you delete the actual sndvol32.exe file, or did you inadvertently uninstall the sound drivers?
If you removed sndvol32.exe, it should have recovered itself with XP's built-in file protection from the .dll cache. But if not, then you should be able to restore it with the procedure to expand it from your XP disk. An easier way may be to look on your PC for a folder called i386, which usually (but not always) has the full set of XP files. Then just copy the sndvol32.exe file from there into C:\Windows\System32.
If you removed the sound driver, though, then you'd need to replace it either from Dell's site or from the driver disk that came with your machine. If you post the PC model and what sound device you have we may be able to help you find it.
Thanks to you I was able to reload the volume control. As you suggested, I did find a copy of sndvol32.exe in the i386 folder and copied it to C:\Windows\System32. Once this was done I was able to reaccess it. Thanks for your assistance.
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December 11th, 2008 17:00
Just to be clear - did you delete the actual sndvol32.exe file, or did you inadvertently uninstall the sound drivers?
If you removed sndvol32.exe, it should have recovered itself with XP's built-in file protection from the .dll cache. But if not, then you should be able to restore it with the procedure to expand it from your XP disk. An easier way may be to look on your PC for a folder called i386, which usually (but not always) has the full set of XP files. Then just copy the sndvol32.exe file from there into C:\Windows\System32.
If you removed the sound driver, though, then you'd need to replace it either from Dell's site or from the driver disk that came with your machine. If you post the PC model and what sound device you have we may be able to help you find it.
Alexandra_P
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December 14th, 2008 18:00
Glad you got it working :) .
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December 14th, 2008 18:00
Thanks to you I was able to reload the volume control. As you suggested, I did find a copy of sndvol32.exe in the i386 folder and copied it to C:\Windows\System32. Once this was done I was able to reaccess it. Thanks for your assistance.