Windows 10: Bluetooth Audio Receiver app crashing

I'm trying to use the Bluetooth Audio Receiver app https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/bluetooth-audio-receiver/9N9WCLWDQS5J?hl=en-us&gl=us on my current Windows 10 laptop, which has worked on previous ones. It recognizes my iPhone, but clicking Open Connection causes it to crash instantly. The event log shows this error:Faulting application name: Bluetooth Audio Reveicer.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5ecf6864Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.19041.1949, time stamp:

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Your Phone app audio question

Go Settings - Privacy - Background Apps - And make sure Bluetooth Audio Receiver is ON





The Bluetooth Audio Receiver App should be listed on Start




Go to Microsoft store - Search for Bluetooth Audio Receiver
And click on the three dots ... and select pin to start or taskbar

 

Bluetooth audio won't play through home stereo receiver




This isn't networking per se, maybe it falls under sharing. For some reason my HP Spectre 2-in-1 recently quit sending audio to my audio receiver, even though it and the receiver both show it being paired and connected. I've tried unpairing and reconnecting, but audio still goes through the built-in laptop speakers. My Windows phone connects and sends audio to the unit, so I think it's something to do with the HP. Thoughts?

 

Windows Audio Crashes

My audio stops working when ever a mic is turned on.

On login, audio output works normally, however, when ever any mic is used, both audio input and output crash and a red x shows up on the taskbar audio icon.

It seems the Windows Audio service is what crashes.

After the first crash, the audio does not come back no matter what I do until I restart my pc.

I can replicate this with the following steps:

1. Login to pc
   • audio output working fine
2. Open sound settings, opens to playback tab
   • audio still fine and also able to play test sounds
3. Click on Recording Tab
   • The sound feedback indicator on the right side is missing
   • The window freezes, error window appears about DLL crash
   • If there is no connected or enabled recording device, nothing happens everything else seem to run normally
4. Proceed to follow various trouble shooting steps
   • Some troubleshooting steps seems to get rid of the red x on the taskbar volume icon
   • The recording tab in the sound settings is also now accessible
   • However things may seem fine at first, audio input/output is still not working and playing a test sound fails.

Solutions I've Tried:

• DISM (ended with no errors)
• sfc /scannow (found corrupted files, required restart)
• Restarting Windows Audio Service (results in err 1061, service then gets stuck on stopping)
• Disabling and re-enabling audio drivers
• Reinstalling audio drivers from manufacturers site
• Using windows generic audio drivers
• Restarting my PC

As you can see, I've spent a lot of time trying to fix this issue and it is starting to get really frustrating.