HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify

IconStreams.

Thanks for posting the solution!

I restarted explorer.exe

CTRL+ALT+DELETE for task manager, or right click the taskbar,

Then proccesses: click one and press “e” on your keyboard a few times till explorer.exe comes up… click it and end proccess, then go back to The applications tab and click New Task… and type in explorer.exe

All my icons came back and they werent grayed out anymore.

Good luck everyone.

This is what i did

1.) i downloaded the FixTrayIcons.reg

2.) i double clicked and added it to the registry.

3.) now right click on your taskbar(thing on the bottom) and click task manager.

4.) Okay from now on follow my directions precisely.

5.) Now this will open up the task manager on your toolbar(look for the green animated square)

6.) Double Click that it should bring up a window(the task manager) with tabs labeled Applications, Processes, Services,etc.

7.) click process and click image name, this will sort the processes alphabetically.

8.) now find the 2 ones called explorer.exe and click end process on both of them(click first one end process then repeat for second one if you have it)

9.)if you did this right your taskbar will disappear dont be alarmed this is normal.

10. Now click file in the upper left hand corner and click the option that says new task(Run…) .

11. in the box type in explorer.exe and click okay.

12. Now it should work as intended.

Thanks for the suggestions, for me they didn’t work but I have spent a long time researching this issue and your site places all of the suggestions in one place. If it’s going to be fixable the solution is here.

Can I just say that I absolutely HATE Vista?

I removed the IconStreams and installed the registry hack file contains all fixes listed above.

All is cool now, my volume is available! YEAAAAAAAAAAA you save my life dude thanks alut!