Windows 10: Microphone app in win10 mutes all audio

This only happens when I play the game squad.
It'll turn on the widget on the bottom right saying "this application is using the microphone"
However, when it does, all audio is muted even on the game itself. When I turn off the mic app itself, everything is fine, however, this disables me from using the microphone whatsoever even if I turn it back on.
Help?

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muting microphone

i am still having the same problem with the microphone reverting to a muted state after restart.
the thing is there are 2 microphone drivers (for some reason),when i unmute the muted mic driver i can make a sound and i see that it is recognized but not by the driver i just unmuted.

 

microphone mutes itself

When i go into properties the mike is muted. When I unmute it works for less than a minute then mutes again. The only suggestion I have found is set as default device which does not solve problem. I have also read it is a virus but I cannot solve with malware or virus scans. It first became a problem just a few weeks ago while skyping. Never had a problem with mike until then.

Troubleshooter finds the microphone muted and fixes, Within a minute the microphone mutes itself again.

 

Windows Explorer is muting microphone

Hi Jozef,

To help you stop your microphone from muting automatically, we suggest that you follow the steps suggested by
Kalpana Shankarappa on this
thread that talks about the same issue.

Let us know how it goes.

Thank you.