I FIXED it!! It is in Windows 10 speech recognition settings. It needs to be set to your audio device. Mine is an Asus Xonar. Path.
Control Panel\Ease of Access\Speech Recognition. At the bottom is Advanced. Than you will see Audio Input Devices.
Use this. Select. Done.
Windows 10: Windows Mutes Mic 
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New 17 Jun 2017 #1
Windows Mutes Mic
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