Stereo Mix no longer appears.

Windows 1803 (OS Build 17134.48)

The machine was recently returned from an IT company who removed a corrupt update because it refused to boot up.

I now find that Stereo Mix is not showing up in the audio windows which opens on right clicking the 'speaker icon on the taskbar.

This is what is displayed:




And this is Volume Mixer:



There's no corresponding window for Recording devices.

I have no idea what has happened. Can anyone help me to resolve this problem please?

What happens when you click open sound settings? It should be there under input or for further tweaking, other sound options > app volume and device preferences.

Mine is exactly the same as yours. You can see recording devices and playback under "Sound" in the Control Panel.

titetanium said:

What happens when you click open sound settings? It should be there under input

Ah, yes it is. Thank you.

In Other sound options > Sound control panel. the window with Playback and Recording tabs opens up. They should be available when I right click the 'speaker icon in the task bar, but they aren't.

What can I do so that they appear through that (normal) route?

Not sure, I think Microsoft is trying to sweep all the settings to the settings app. Personally, I don't like it, but I didn't make the OS.

Right-click the speaker icon and select "Sounds".

Ben

titetanium

Could well be.

I suspect that it might have happened when the (subsequently removed) corrupt update was installed. Unfortunately there are no restore points predating that.


Ben Myers

Thank you, that's brilliant !

Thank you TV2

I read something similar before.

But I've got it now, albeit through an additional click after the 'speaker icon.

I struggled for a long while to get it on on to a Windows 7 machine, but got there in the end.

I sometimes need it for Cool Edit Pro to work.