Windows 10 – How to Pin ‘Sound’ to Taskbar

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I am using very ofter the Sound settings. It seems to be a normal application with taskbar icon, still I can not pin it, because this context menu item is missing.

I would like to start it with a single click from the taskbar.

Question

How can I pin out this application to the taskbar?

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Best Answer

  • create a new shortcut elsewhere using mouse rightclick -> New -> Shortcut
  • target %SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL "mmsys.cpl", Next
  • name Sound, Finish
  • change the Sound shortcut icon using mouse rightclick -> Properties (choose e.g. from mmsys.cpl)
  • move the Sound shortcut to taskbar.
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