Windows 10: Windows used to play all of my personalized sounds. Now it only plays some

Windows only plays some sounds and not all of the time. I have specific bird songs saved as a sound theme but they have been playing less and less often when I take an action such as opening or closing a program. My speaker works fine. The sounds play when I test them in the sound settings. I have also gone through the recommended MS process of arranging to play Windows startup sound which I used to have set up to play a carefully composed medley of bird song but the startup is silent. Yes the box is checked. Why is my PC so nearly silent? I'm currently using Windows 11 on a fairly new D

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No sound while playing audio and video files.

Hi,

I appreciate if you could answer to a few questions to narrow down to the issue.

• Which is the application that you are using to play the files?
• Did you try the same on a different player?
• Did you perform any troubleshooting steps?

As an initial troubleshooting step, I suggest you to check if the volume is set low or in mute state in Volume Mixer.

• Right click on sound icon.
• Open Volume Mixer check for the application that you are playing the files with and increase the volume and check.

If the issue still persists, I would suggest you to run “Playing audio” troubleshooter to diagnose and fix the issue.

Follow these Steps to run Playing Audio Troubleshooter in Windows 10.

1. Type troubleshooting in the search bar.

2. Select Troubleshooting.

3. Select View all on the top left corner.

4. Click on Playing audio.

Also refer: Fix sound or audio problems in Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope the information helps in resolving the issue related to the sound issue. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.

 

Windows10 will not play sound

Hello Bryan,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I apologize for the inconvenience caused. We are glad to help you.



I would suggest you to use the methods below to solve the issue:



Method 1: Windows 10 has a built-in troubleshooter to check and fix issues with Sound. I would suggest you to run this troubleshooter to check if the issue is with your Audio

Refer these steps:

• 
  Press Windows key +X, select Control panel
  
• 
  Change the view by option on the top right to
  Large icons
  
• 
  Click on troubleshooting and click on the
  view all option on the left panel
  
• 
  Run the playing Audio
  troubleshooter.
  

If the issue persists, follow the below method.

Method 2: Try updating audio drivers and check if the issue persists.

Follow the steps to update the audio drivers:

• 
  Press Windows key + X key and click
  Device Manager.
  
• 
  Expand the Sound drivers.
  
• 
  Right-click on the Sound card and click on
  Update driver software.
  
• 
  Restart the computer and check.
  

Hope this information helps. Feel free to get back to us for further queries. We will be happy to assist you.



Thanks and regards,

Jenith

 

Windows sound not playing after recent Win10 Update

Hi all,

Symptom:
Since last windows update, windows doesn't play the windows sounds: Startup, UAC sound, exclamation, warning, notifications, etc.

Note: Other sounds, like games, videos, calls are working well.

I use SoundBlaster Z series sound card. Their recent driver update release notes lists that the driver is fixing this issue.

Actions taken:
Removed the driver completely
rebooted
Reinstalled the driver

Results:
After initial boot and subsequent restarts, the windows sounds play well.
After a computer shutdown and startup - the above symptom is introduced again, i.e., windows sounds don't play anymore.

I've repeated the steps above and ended up with the same problem.

Can anyone please assist?


Win10 Pro
Version 1909
OS Build 18363.657

Thanks.