Windows 10: Sound won't come back after muting

Discus and support Sound won't come back after muting in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Problem: Plugging headphones (Sound plays) -> Muting -> Unmuting -> Sound doesn't play anymore Fix (No restart required) Sound doesn't play ->... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by mast3r, Nov 20, 2015.

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  1. TALLGUY
    tallguy Win User

    Sound won't come back after muting


    Problem:

    Plugging headphones (Sound plays) -> Muting -> Unmuting -> Sound doesn't play anymore

    Fix (No restart required)

    Sound doesn't play -> Mute (with headphones in) -> Unplug headphones ->Unmute (with headphones out) -> Mute (with headphones out) -> Plug headphones -> Unmute (with headphones in).

    This is the shortest pattern I could find. Important to follow step by step. It might not work because I have no idea why it works on my end (without starting conspiracy theories about boolean variables being out of sync on the audio driver, which would be the most embarassing thing ever for whoever wrote these drivers).
     
    tallguy, Apr 5, 2018
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