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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2026 4:17 pm
by PCUser92
Can confirm. Yeah, a restart is a good first step—if that didn't work, have you tried opening the Settings menu by right-clicking the Start button?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2026 3:02 pm
by ql85695
This. If that didn't work either, are you able to open the Task Manager to see if the Settings process is getting stuck? Let me know if that works.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2026 3:48 pm
by 253r14l
This. Yeah, agreed. If you spot it stuck there, try ending the task and reopening Settings. A quick restart of Windows Explorer in Task Manager can sometimes help too.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2026 6:49 pm
by 3352ycv
Agreed. Yeah, and if that doesn't work, running the Windows troubleshooter for audio might sort the volume issue at the same time.
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 12:41 am
by he748643398
Can confirm. This happened to me last month. I fixed it by running the System File Checker tool from an admin command prompt.
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2026 12:56 am
by uali6358338
I had the same problem. Running SFC didn't work for me, but a quick system restore to before the restart did the trick.