Volume bar won't go away/volume stuck at 100

Anonymous
2017-12-22T00:30:06+00:00

For the past 6 days the volume bar has not gone away. I try to turn down the volume, but it gradually goes back to 100. The bar gets in the way, and the volume is way too loud. I've seen other people have had this same problem, but I haven't found a solution. I've restarted my computer, I've downloaded an updated audio driver, I've held down the audio buttons on my keyboard, but nothing helps.

I have a Windows 10, Inspiron 15-7579, 64 bit.

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Anonymous
2018-03-28T02:42:52+00:00

I just searched the interned for hours only to discover that it's not a software issue, but that there is a volume button on the side of the computer next to the power that I never noticed and it was STUCK. That was definitely my problem. It's still kind of stuck for me, but at least the volume icon went away. Hope this helps.

Ryan

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-05-18T15:39:05+00:00

    Dear Windows UI team:

    Please, seriously and sincerely, very much please make this a configurable setting so the user can choose to turn it on and off. I have the settings disabled in chrome and it's still popping up. I really don't want to install a 3rd-party app just to make a thing go away.

    Having unwanted pop-up elements on the screen creates a very frustrating user experience, and should always be configurable so the user can choose this feature. Leave it on as default or whatever (there it goes again, popping up for literally no reason), but at least allow us to turn this feature off.

    Thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-18T15:22:01+00:00

    Susan, we just 'found' the volume button on our Surface.  Yup, we're laughing too.

    We need laughs these days.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-18T15:20:15+00:00

    Ryan, thanks a million times over!   We were going nuts on our Surface - that black volume thing was over the icons etc.  I'm amazed we didn't know about the volume button - a REAL button.  Have a wonderful day and thanks again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-05-04T23:44:22+00:00

    My Surface Pen seemed to cause the issue... I took it off and then reattached it and the volume bar disappeared... woohoo!

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