Device Manager problem

I have lost all sound. Have tried many fix attempts. sfc /scannow, check disk, all dism fixes. I cannot open device management and have tried a few things to try to remedy that. Other apps under Control Panel are fine. I also went back a few days with MR when sound was working. Made no difference. Might this be a MB problem? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. I REALLY don't want to reinstall Windows.

 

I usually look in Google. This youtube video might help - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg5U4gozgeo

 

The Tweaking.com app might help.

 

there should be a message from mmc that the plugin could not be loaded.
anyhow this is a deeper damage. either you have a backup, or you need an "inplace repair" with the latest os build from stick. (keep apps and data)

 

@ Tarnak Thanks...Made no difference.
@ stapp Thanks...Made no difference.
@Dragon1952 Thanks...I had tried that before reporting problem here. Did not help. That surprised me. I assumed it would work with Win 11.
@ Brummelchen Thanks...My backups will not fix the problem and that is very strange. I tried reinstalling Win with cloud and saved Apps and Folders. Made no difference. I am getting close to the nightmare of reinstalling Win completely

 

That is unfortunate. Here is another link - https://umatechnology.org/no-sounds-on-windows-11-heres-how-to-fix-it/

 

the problem is not sound, its the device manager and its sub dependencies.

 

I am in agreement. I can not open MMC or reg edit in order tweak there. Also, I would think that would have been fixed by reinstalling Win, as I did. Again, I did keep Apps and folders sooo...

 

Thanks, but your link does not work. Never mind it finally opened. Took awhile.

 

I did a Google search on this and found lots of stuff... cannot open device manager windows 11.

 

As did I. None of the fixes worked.

 

Thanks again Tarnak, but I have looked at those ideas and nothing worked. The problem is the device manager and its sub dependencies. And it appears to be big.

 

@Brummelchen, can you add anything to post #9?

 

strange that a backup, maybe macrium, wont help you out.

well, i had a recursive issue in appdata. i tried to delete it, with success, but this made almost all mmc plugins not working. so i decided to use an "inplace update" = repair from stick. you need at least 6 gigs or more drive space to run this.
you need to load the MCT (media creation tool) for your windows
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

let it write store all on stick, or on ISO file -> ISO to be used with rufus or ventoy.

when starting from stick you can chose an installation/repair without losing your personal data. this helped me out. at any time you dont have loss of personal data.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/16397-repair-install-windows-10-place-upgrade.html
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/repair-install-windows-11-with-an-in-place-upgrade.418/

this will also repair issues in user profile without harming user data.

 

You're saying restored images don't solve the problems. If so I'm guessing hardware failure.

 

Yes, I have already tried that to no avail. Thanks though.

 

That is what I have been thinking for awhile. This computer is only 3/12 years old. MB is ASUS TUF GAMING Z590 PLUS. CPU is Intel Core i7-10700k 3.6GHz. Have no idea how to check that out. Do you or does anyone?

 

I found something when I googled this: ASUS TUF GAMING Z590 PLUS + How to check for failure? This is the link - https://www.google.com/search?clien...for failure?&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

ASUS[Motherboard]Troubleshooting-Audio with no sound > https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1049839/

 

WOW, good job Tarnak. I will look at those links after Easter. Thanks again.

 

You're welcome. Good luck!