Issue 95435 in chromium: Chrome automatically mutes itself in Windows repeatedly

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Labels: Type-Bug Pri-2 Area-Undefined OS-Windows

New issue 95435 by sharif.s...@yahoo.com: Chrome automatically mutes itself
in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Chrome Version : 13.0.782.220 m
OS Version: 6.1 (Windows 7 x64, Windows Server 2008 R2)
URLs (if applicable) :
Other browsers tested:
Add OK or FAIL after other browsers where you have tested this issue:
Safari 5.1: OK
Firefox 6.0.1: OK
IE 9: OK

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open Chrome with any webpage
2. Open Windows volume control
3. Click on Mixer, look for Chrome (is now muted)
4. Unmute Chrome (it keeps on reverting to muted state)

Only happened to me after updating to 13.0.782.220

What is the expected result?
Chrome have sound / not muted.

What happens instead?
Chrome is muted in Windows sound mixer, keeps on muting itself.

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if
possible.
Previous versions are all working normally.

UserAgentString: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/535.1
(KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.782.220 Safari/535.1

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Comment #1 on issue 95435 by dkmen...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically mutes

itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I'm getting this also. Sucks having to open Firefox to watch youtube :(

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Comment #2 on issue 95435 by cur...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically mutes

itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I have found the solution why my Chrome was always muted, it was the Google
Toolbox extension that was doing it. I disabled one extension at a time
until I found the one that was causing my problem. Then I checked the
settings for Google Toolbox, I didn't have the icon displayed so never saw
the big red M on it (Alt+W is the key to toggle Mute All Tabs), so by
disabling and re-enabling the extension it appeared again (or I now see I
could have pressed Show Button) then I could see it was muted. So my
problem is solved and it wasn't a bug - I am very happy !!

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Comment #3 on issue 95435 by ansarips...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Now that you mentioned it, it was actually the same thing that happened to
me. Solved my problem too. Thanks.

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Comment #4 on issue 95435 by abi...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically mutes

itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Also fixed it for me. Chrome Toolbox (by Google) 1.0.28 was the problem.

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Comment #5 on issue 95435 by terrisga...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Had this issue too. This solution fixed it.

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Comment #7 on issue 95435 by sms.su...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I have found the solution why my Chrome was always muted, it was the Google
Toolbox extension that was doing it. I disabled one extension at a time
until I found the one that was causing my problem. Then I checked the
settings for Google Toolbox, I didn't have the icon displayed so never saw
the big red M on it (Alt+W is the key to toggle Mute All Tabs), so by
disabling and re-enabling the extension it appeared again (or I now see I
could have pressed Show Button) then I could see it was muted. So my
problem is solved and it wasn't a bug - I am very happy !!

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thanks a lot

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Comment #8 on issue 95435 by shanabee...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Thank you! The Alt+W trick worked for me as well!

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Comment #9 on issue 95435 by Capitan...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

It works, Alt + W

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Comment #10 on issue 95435 by CyaLater...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

this didn't work

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Comment #11 on issue 95435 by copeland...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I'm having this issue as well and i'm not using Google Toolbox

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Comment #13 on issue 95435 by espo58: Chrome automatically mutes itself in
Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Alt+W worked for me too


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Comment #16 on issue 95435 by phtmcu...@yahoo.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

i don't have toolbox, actually i got it to mute all pages and unmute them
because everyone said it was that lol, it just keeps muting itself for no
reason every time i unmute it in the mixer it mutes again. idk what the
hell i did but it was working fine an hour ago

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Comment #17 on issue 95435 by superior...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

i don't have that toolbox thing, and W+Alt isnt working, how i make it so
its always max volume for everything????

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Comment #18 on issue 95435 by DSieber...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Alt+W worked for me... might be worth mentioning that I had to go back into
volume mixer and unmute chrome again. It just didn't auto-reset after that.

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Comment #19 on issue 95435 by cerwin31...@yahoo.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Looks like an extension called Fast Free Converter was the culprit for me.
I got rid of it.

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Comment #20 on issue 95435 by mail2kh...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

[solved problem]
Go to: chrome://plugins/
You will see there is 2 files for Adobe Flash Player. Disable
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_9_900_117.dll
and Enalbe the one on C:\C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\.......
Your Chrome will have sound as normal like before

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Comment #21 on issue 95435 by Dram.Spr...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

My issue is a little more of an issue, I have only 4 extensions running,
all checked, none culprits. It auto mutes then plays radio or something.
Every time I restart it with 0 tabs and it is still there. any suggestions?

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Comment #22 on issue 95435 by mecc7c...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

For me, the culprit was a google update plugin. I just disabled it, closed
chrome, reopened chrome and the sound was back on and back to normal, the
issue was gone. The google update version was: 1.3.21.165
Hope I may have helped at least someone since it worked for me.

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Comment #23 on issue 95435 by andosem...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I have the same issue as Dram. My chrome keeps auto muting. In addition,
strange google chrome's pop up in my mixer, even when chrome is closed.
When I unmute it, it sounds like radio stations of some sort, and
automatically mutes itself within seconds, but the sound bar keeps going.
Then it will disappear and reappear randomly.

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Comment #25 on issue 95435 by pei.scho...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I've the same issue, Chrome continuously mutes itself in my Audio Mixer
Settings. What gives!

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Comment #26 on issue 95435 by martinsa...@hotmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

same prob as the guys right above me

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Comment #27 on issue 95435 by andosem...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I continue to have issues, especially with invisible chromium's on my
mixer. It sounds like some sort of radio station, and it only plays sound
for a few seconds before muting itself again. This is really irritating!
Chromium is by far my favorite browser. I'm even going through the hassle
of un-muting just to use Chromium, and at times it's just heart breaking.

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Comment #28 on issue 95435 by mford2...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I wasnt useing google toolbox eather but I followed #20 guide,

" #20 mail2kh...@gmail.com

[solved problem]
Go to: chrome://plugins/
You will see there is 2 files for Adobe Flash Player. Disable
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_9_900_117.dll
and Enalbe the one on C:\C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\.......

Your Chrome will have sound as normal like before still kept muting
itself. "

what I did was copied

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_9_900_117.dll

and pasted it into the "search for programs or files" bar in the start menu
and deleted the file that popped up

problem fixed just after I deleted the file

NPSWF32_11_9_900_117.dll

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Comment #29 on issue 95435 by andosem...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Thanks for the advice, mford. I've seen this fix, but it didn't work for
me. Furthermore, this fix seems to work for those who had just an
auto-muting issue, and not all of them at that. This fix doesn't address
the weird chrome instances that only show up in my mixer.

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Comment #33 on issue 95435 by papinnin...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

"I wasnt useing google toolbox eather but I followed #20 guide,

" #20 mail2kh...@gmail.com
[solved problem]
Go to: chrome://plugins/
You will see there is 2 files for Adobe Flash Player. Disable
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_9_900_117.dll
and Enalbe the one on C:\C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\.......
Your Chrome will have sound as normal like before still kept muting
itself. "

what I did was copied

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_9_900_117.dll

and pasted it into the "search for programs or files" bar in the start menu
and deleted the file that popped up

problem fixed just after I deleted the file

NPSWF32_11_9_900_117.dll"

My roommate was having the same problem, and we searched instead for the
folder C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\. It had several different files
in it that ended in the same numbers 32_11_9_900_117.dll at the end. Each
of them had been updated around the day when the problem started. When we
tried to delete, it said it needed administrative permission. In properties
of the files, it said we needed administrative permission in order to add
permission to users, so instead we used Spybot which allowed us to "kill"
several of the files. One file was stubborn and could not be "killed"
or "shredded," and so we unchecked "read only" in properties and renamed
the file to be a .txt file, rendering the contents a bunch of gibberish.
After restarting the computer and returning to the sound mixer, we were
able to unmute Chrome once and for all!

Best wishes,
~P&S

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Comment #34 on issue 95435 by fl4m1nti...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Brian's method worked for me. If you can't find Task Manager, press CTRL +
Alt + Del and then click "Start Task Manager." Thanks Brian!

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Comment #35 on issue 95435 by congdu...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

its work. thanks alot.

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Comment #36 on issue 95435 by David.u...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

My Chrome is auto-muting itself. I don't have an extensions in use. someone
help me out?

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Comment #37 on issue 95435 by jspliff...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

- Alt+W worked for me... might be worth mentioning that I had to go back
into volume - mixer and unmute chrome again. It just didn't auto-reset
after that.


This Worked for me. I also had to go unmute chrome after hitting Alt+W

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Comment #38 on issue 95435 by thibodea...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I tried all the suggested solutions and none of them worked and it seems
like some of you are still stuck too. I found a solution that worked for me
though

Go to your Control Panel and open Uninstall Programs
look for something called GigaClick Clawer and uninstall it.
I'm assuming it was bloatwear/malwear downloaded when i updated Chrome

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Comment #39 on issue 95435 by sram0...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

Mine was muting as well, and every time I pressed the mute button to
un-mute it would play radio broadcasts. I found this post and noticed many
others had my same issue...well, I managed to solve mine. Deleting the
pepper flash file didn't work, it just made the flash crash. So, I
uninstalled it only to re-install. The problem seems to have been solved.

Hope this helps,
Best of Luck!

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Comment #40 on issue 95435 by Paralyti...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

I am having the same problem as adosem, when I open my sound mixer after I
have opened google an invisible google tab opens that sounds like some sort
of random radio station and at some points when I am watching youtube or
just doing something else it would unmute itself for a few seconds before
just muting itself again. My normal google also just mutes itself randomly
after I haven't touched it for a while and also sometimes during watching a
video or doing anything for that matter. I would really appreciate help.

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Comment #41 on issue 95435 by minecraf...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

i have this issue anyone know how to fix it?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XxuR9sk.png[/IMG]

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Comment #42 on issue 95435 by minecraf...@gmail.com: Chrome automatically

mutes itself in Windows repeatedly
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=95435

i have this issue anyone know how to fix it