How to pin out "Sound" to Windows taskbar?

Question

Context

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?

Solution 1

• 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.

Solution 2

This is actually fairly easy to do. Here is an excellent video that provides step by step instructions.

Brief summary: Open Control Panel, create a shortcut of the sound applet, then create a shortcut, then create an Explorer based shortcut to the shortcut you just made. You can then move that to the taskbar.

As an alternative, I use a program called Audio Switcher, which might give you the functionality you desire, in the task tray.