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Media Controls on the Windows 10

Anonymous
2020-12-24T17:57:02+00:00

I have a problem with media controls, they always was good but saddenly they dissapeared and i didnt find in setting how to enable them, can anyone

help?

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  1. DaveM121 869.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-12-24T22:08:18+00:00

    Hi nikitque

    I have seen at least 15 threads where people are reporting the same thing in the last two days, that would indicate Microsoft have changed something in Windows, but I can find nothing in their documentation about this, and I can find no new setting or registry hack to restore that Media Bar yet . . .

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  2. DaveM121 869.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-12-24T18:33:22+00:00

    Hi nikitque

    I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

    That media bar can be turned on individually in some applications, it looks like you are using Spotify:

    Open Spotify and click on 3 dots at the top left corner.

    Choose Edit - Preferences

    Scroll down to bottom and under Display Options section, find "Show desktop overlay when using media keys" option

    That option should be enabled . . .

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  3. DaveM121 869.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-12-24T19:17:18+00:00

    Hi nikitque

    For Chrome, this is the method to enable that Media Bar:

    For example if that is the Chrome Browser;

    Open Chrome

    In the Address bar, paste this and hit Enter:

    chrome://flags

    On the resulting page, type media key in the search box

    Enable 'Hardware Media Key Handling'

    Restart Chrome

    Also, if that does not enable that Media Bar in Chrome, I have seen this problem on the forums for the last few days, a few people are reporting they cannot enable the Media Bar after a recent Windows 10 update

    Do the media keys on your keyboard (if they exist) work as they did before?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-12-24T18:06:15+00:00

    Which media controls do you have in mind, specifically? The media controls in the image you included are part of Spotify, a separate app.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-12-24T19:09:04+00:00

    I always had media controls as spotify app and as chrome browser. But they dissapeared. Everything is okay with spotify:

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