Ravencajun, I have a question for you. I have my removable disk in and it won't let me safely remove it. The device generic volume cannot be stopped right now keeps coming up. I have my pictures on there and don't want to lose them. I use Ulead Photo Explorer to view them, I have been deleting extra copys on there. I did go to Task Manager and clicked applications and two things were running in there. 1.)Safely remove hardware icon gone in XP C 2.)Ulead Photo Explorer 8.0 F:\ Running. If I stop them will I lose my pictures? Please, could you give me advice on this problem. Thank you.

Might want to try revo uninstaller, this will get rid of possible reg keys that may be an issue, then once more reinstall it, after cleaning out temp files. If problems persist I think there is an on line version of the program that runs from the web site no install necessary. Please download and install Revo Uninstaller Free. See link below: * Double click Revo Uninstaller to run it. * From the list of programs double click on The Program to remove * When prompted if you want to uninstall click Yes. * Be sure the Moderate option is selected then click Next. * The program will run, If prompted again click Yes * when the built-in uninstaller is finished click on Next. * Once the program has searched for leftovers click Next. * Check/tick the bolded items only on the list then click Delete * when prompted click on Yes and then on next. * put a check on any folders that are found and select delete * when prompted select yes then on next * Once done click Finish. NEXT Clean out your temporary internet files and temp files. Download TFC by OldTimer click Here to your desktop. Click the Save file tab, save it to the desktop. Then double click it to run it. Double-clickTFC.exe to run it. Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator TFC will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin * Click the Start button to begin the cleaning process. * Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. * Please let TFC run uninterrupted until it is finished. Once TFC is finished it should restart your computer. If it does not, please manually restart the computer yourself to ensure a complete cleaning. Why are we doing that, well installs can leave left overs in a temp file that might cause an issue. Here is a link that might be useful: .revouninstaller

Hi sue va, I'm going to provide a link for you. Please open the link when the FixIt window opens on the page click on it and run the Fixit from Microsoft. Here is a link that might be useful: Volume Icon missing XP

what version of windows do you have on that pc? is it xp or vista or windows 7? knowing which will help me give the right directions. You can go ahead and try this go to your Control Panel, and open up ''Sounds and audio devices'', under the ''Volume'' tab, check the box next to where it says ''Place volume icon in the taskbar'',click ''Apply/OK'' and your volume icon should be back in the Notification area near your clock. You can also try right clicking on the Start Button and choosing "Properties". On the Taskbar Tab, check the box that says "Hide Inactive Icons", but choose "Customize." Find the volume icon and change the display settings to "Always Show" If that does not work then you likely have a corrupt Sndvol32 file and will need to replace it. Let me know how the first instructions work.