Headphone Jack not Recognized in Windows 11

This worked great for me thanks!

For anyone struggling to find it, you simply go to settings, Apps>Startup, and search for "Waves MaxxAudio Service Application"

Once you find it you simply click the button from OFF to ON. When I loaded my pc and my earphones were unplugged, I plugged them in and a little dialog box came up asking me what type of device I plugged in, and it worked.

If you don't have the app, I'm pretty sure you can install it like any other app online, but unsure exactly where.

Hi Carlo

System Manufacturer Dell Inc.

System model: OptiPlex 7070

Thanks for your help

Aimee

I MIGHT HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION EVEYRONE!!

I've been having this issue for months, literally NOTHING I did would fix it. I think its a windows 11 update that doesn't detect the 3.5 mm port when there's headphones plugged in. What I did was go to the Sound settings on the control panel, double click on it and then in the General tab click on the Realtek Audio properties button. Click on 'Change Settings', go to Driver, and click on 'Roll Back Driver'. I'm assuming this roles the driver back to the previous one in Windows 10 or the last Windows update before the faulty one we have now. I'm not sure what restarting the computer will look like, if it'll restore it back to the newer one or not, but it seems to be working and I have sound coming out of my headphones!

I hope this helps

My Headphone Jack no longer works after upgrading to Windows 11. It works if I have it plugged in and reboot, but as soon as I unplug it stops until a reboot....it does not automatically detect it

its not working clear this my problem

Hello

I've had the issue since 2022 possibly, quite some time anyway. Here's what worked for me today.

It's possible that someone came with this already, the darn thread is too long...

Right-click the computer icon in explorer. Select other options, the Manage computer.

Computer Management (local) / Peripherals / System tools / Audio, video and game controllers. Makes sense.

The last Realtek Soundwire HW Audio Codec Device Driver in the list (#4) is down unlike the previous ones.

The status in Properties indicates a power failure of sorts.

I disable then reenable the device driver: lo and behold, the jack output works again.

Additionally, the headphones output is back in audio output settings.

Windows 11 Home System 10.0.22631 Build 22631 Model XPS 17 9710

Driver version is 10.0.235.1

Hope this helps.

Jeff