


Just close the firewall and check if you can record audio with Windows voice recorder now.

Since firewall might not allow some software to run, such as Windows voice recorder, therefore, you should also try to check whether your firewall allows Windows voice recorder to run. Let Windows Voice Recorder Run with Firewall To do that, open the "Sound" window by clicking on Sound Settings icon, select "Recording" and right click the device you want to use and select "Set as default device". If there are multiple recording devices installed on your machine, Windows probably doesn't know which device to use, so you are supposed to select your device as the default recording device. In addition, you should check whether your device is connected. Choose "Levels" and move the sliders to right side to increase microphone volumes.Īfter that, check if Windows voice recorder not working issue is fixed or not. On the "Recording" window, right click your microphone or recording device and select "Properties". Note: Since disabled devices might be hidden, if you can't find the desired "Microphone", then right click anywhere in the sound window and select "Show disabled devices", then right click the desired microphone and select "Properties", finally choose "Use this Device (Enable)" from the drop-down list of "Device Usage" and click on "Apply" > "OK". Step 3: At last find any desired device in the list, right click on it and choose "Enable". Step 2: Then select "Recording" on the top menu of Sound window. Step 1: First of all, right click on the Sound Settings icon at the bottom right corner and select "Recording Devices" from the Sound Settings list. Therefore, try to follow below methods to enable microphone or recording device and adjust microphone levels. In fact, the most likely cause of Windows voice recorder not working issue is that your microphone is disabled. Make Sure Microphone Is Enable from Sound Settings Hopefully this solution can help you fix Windows voice recorder not working issue, but if not, then try below fixes. Step 3: Click on "Search automatically for updated driver software" to let Windows update driver software.Īlternatively, you can automatically update your sound driver with a software which can identify the drivers required to update and offer the most up-to-date version. Step 2: Click on the arrow next to "Sound, video and game controllers" option to expand the list and then right click your sound card and select "Update driver". Step 1: Click on "Start", enter "device manager" in the search box and then select it to open the Device Manager window. The first fix you need to try is to update your audio drivers by following the below method.
