Windows 10: Volume meter at top-left of screen stuck

So I have a A4 4Channel audio mixer and i have it connected to my computer via usb. But when ever i plug it in my volume adjuster at top left of screen keeps appearing and getting stuck, I can still adjust audio and the meter changes with it but it wont go away still.

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volume meter overlaid at top left of screen; volume stuck at 100%

BTW, strategy #2 didn't work. (I tried it since I didn't want to try #1 without asking first).

Also, BTW, I'm not sure the little box stuck in the upper left corner is a volume control; I think it's just a volume meter. One cannot change it from 100% there by clicking on it, trying to drag it, etc. The only way to change it from 100% is by clicking
on the icon in the system tray that looks like a speaker. However, altho that volume control will pretend to be adjusted downward (and the volume meter shows the corresponding change), it immediately moves itself back up to 100%. At one point in messing
around with it, I also found a dialog box that had 2 volume controls; I think one was for speakers and one was for headset. There was a line linking the two, and they could only be moved together -- but they also immediately readjusted themselves to 100%
(and the volume meter showed the same moves).

 

volume meter overlaid at top left of screen; volume stuck at 100%

This has been going on since an August Windows 8 patch. I installed Windows 10 hoping it would fix it, but it has not.

I am running a Lenovo Yoga.

I have a little blue bar inside a black box on the upper left corner of the screen, on top of all other screens. This means, for example, that icons for Outlook, Word, you name it, are covered up if they happen to be in that corner.

The little box, which I am thinking is a volume meter, appears to be connected to the audio volume. It always shows 100%, as does the sound (the little icon that looks like a speaker on the system tray). If I try to adjust the sound to a lower level, it
puts itself back at 100%. That would be almost OK, because I could just never listen to any audio. But it's not OK that the volume meter at the top left stays on top of everything else.

At one point, in Windows 8, I managed to uninstall the Conexant program, which made the little box go away.

In Windows 10, I can uninstall Conexant, but the little box doesn't go away, and the next time I reboot Conexant has re-installed itself.

I'm about to turn this box into a doorstop.

What IS this annoying little black box, and how can I make it go away?

 

volume meter overlaid at top left of screen; volume stuck at 100%

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft community.

I understand that the volume control interface is stuck at the top left part of the screen and I’ll assist you with this.

Let’s Follow the troubleshooting steps below and see if it helps.

Method 1: Let’s perform Clean Boot.

A clean boot is performed to start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This helps eliminate software conflicts that occur when you install a program or an update. You may also troubleshoot or determine
what conflict is causing the problem by performing a clean boot.

Please refer the steps given in the link below to perform a
Clean Boot:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135?ppud=4&wa=wsignin1.0

Note: Please go through the section: How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with clean boot of the Kb article to boot the computer in normal startup after fixing the issue.

If the issue persists, try the following.

Method 2: Restart File Explorer.

• 
  Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys to open
  Task manager.
  
• 
  Right click on windows explorer and select “end task”.
  
• 
  Click on “file” and select “start new task”.
  

Type explorer.exe and press enter to restart windows explorer.

Reply with results and necessary information to help you further.