Windows 10 – How to Fix Volume Randomly Jumping to 100%

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Today I installed Windows 10, and I love it except for this bug:

The volume has a bug. When I'm watching YouTube videos on Microsoft Edge and I click next video, my ears will be blown off because, for some reason, the volume is all the way at 100%, until I tweak it with the function key on my keyboard. It then says it's at 30% and suddenly the audio jumps back down to 30%.
This mostly happens with Edge, and since Edge does not have a spot in my volume mixer, there's something funky going on there.

Every time Edge loads a new video or audio element, the volume will jump to 100%, also sometimes when I switch between tabs, it will do the same.

I've also had Windows notification sounds jump to 100% in the volume mixer too. This is very frustrating as I am sometimes using a studio monitor, and having that blow because of a bug is just silly.

Are there any known issues with volume in Windows 10?

I should also mention that there is no headphone device in the volume settings, which there were before the upgrade.

Best Answer

It's a driver (Realtek supposedly) problem with Windows 10 that causes this issue: when playing a video (YouTube, local file, etc.) and you pause the audio, playing again would result in a volume change without any real change in the speaker volume meter.

The following fixed it for me:

Source: Windows 10 Maxes Out Volume Sometimes

  1. Click Start > Type sound > Enter to open Sound settings
    (Alternatively, right-click on the tray area Sound icon and select Sounds)
  2. Playback tab > Right-click Speakers > Properties
  3. Enhancements tab (if existing) > Uncheck Disable all sound effects (or similar option)
  4. Uncheck Immediate Mode at top of the list

EDIT: For users that have Advanced tab instead of Enhancements:

  1. Go to Advanced tab
  2. On Signal Enhancements section Uncheck Enable audio enhancements
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