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I'm on Windows 10 and just recently I've noticed that Google Chrome starts off muted in the volume mixer and needs to be manually un-mute. When left alone for a while, Chrome automatically mutes itself again.
Here is how it looks in the Volume Mixer:
I have uninstalled and re-installed Google Chrome and it did not fix this issue. All solutions of this issue on the internet say that I need to do something with Google Toolbox, which I don't even have installed.
How can I fix this?
Looks to me that the problem isn't Google Chrome - it is Windows 10 muting all but the two it thinks that are part of the O/S. I think you have found a bug. Have you tried Opera or IE to see if they act the same? Look to the right side of this screen. Apparently you are not alone. That are not all Win10, either. Maybe it really is a Chrome bug. But try some of the others and see how they act. This has never happened to me on my Win7 or Win8 machines. – SDsolar – 2017-05-03T07:16:38.560
This article says Micro$oft is trying to discourage Chrome entirely: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/windows-10-s-edge-bing-default/
– SDsolar – 2017-05-04T05:09:20.817Oh my, this makes me nuts. And today, had more volume slider than fit in the window, and I didn't realize that I had to scroll window to see the mixer sliders that were invisible to the right. Even though I know to look for this issue, I didn't notice the scrollbar and it took me ten minutes to get some youtube audio to play. – Michael Levy – 2018-04-17T20:54:55.700
Here is some information, but my Chrome is already set to allow sites to play sound - https://www.howtogeek.com/324568/how-to-automatically-mute-new-tabs-in-chrome-and-firefox/
– Michael Levy – 2018-04-17T20:59:12.533