Windows 10: External speakers stopped working

My external speakers have stopped playing sound out of my PC, even though they are working. When troubleshooting it says 'no jack available' and the speakers are connected to the jack port. I've updated drivers, restarted PC and it's still not connecting. It's to do with a setting and I can't find it.

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nokia635 external speaker stopped working

My external speaker stopped working abruptly and I know I'm not the the only one. The ringer and alerts stopped.

 

External Speaker Is Not Working

I have connected two wires from the speakers to the laptop but the external speaker is not working. The sound is being heard from the internal speaker. I have already tried clicking the speaker button in the taskbar. Please suggest me something else than
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External Speaker Problems with Windows 10

I have a set of external speakers that have been working fine on Win10 for nearly a year. Suddenly, my computer won't even recognize that any speakers are even plugged into any or the audio output jacks.

• I have tried updating the drivers numerous times.
• When I run the troubleshooter, it only tells me to plug in the speakers.
• I can't adjust the volume, because, again, the computer does not believe there are any speakers to adjust.
• I have tried plugging another set of speakers into the computer with no change.
• And, I have tried playing audio from my smartphone on both sets of speakers, and the speakers work just fine.

Really frustrated here. If anyone has any additional suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks!!