How to pin out "Sound" to Windows taskbar?

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?

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.