Complete guide on how to improve, change, reset or manage Sound settings, choose speakers in Windows 11 for better audio.

To fix this, you have to change the Sound Control Panel settings. You can open the Sound Control Panel via the Windows 11/10 Settings app and the Control Panel.

Microsoft is developing a "Soundscape" panel to replace the old Sound control panel. The new feature will take over the current reliance on the Control Panel for changing sound settings ...

The Control Panel has been part of Windows since 1985, making it nearly 40 years old—and even the 'new' Settings app was introduced in 2012 with Windows 8.

An internal build of Windows 11 had a hidden “Soundscape” page, presumably to replace 'Sounds' settings in the Control Panel.