Fix “Another App Is Controlling Your Sound at the Moment” Error in Windows 10
Fix “Another App Is Controlling Your Sound at the Moment” Error in Windows 10.
Are you’re receiving the following error message or similar when playing a audio or video file in your Groove app, Windows Media Player or the Movies & TV app in Windows 10?
Another app is controlling your sound at the moment error in Windows 10
This tutorial will help you if you receive the following error message when playing media in your Windows Media Player, Groove app or the Film & TV app in Windows 10:
Can’t play. Another app is controlling your sound at the moment. To listen here, close that app and try again. Error 0xc101009b (0xc00d4e85)
The reason this occurs is apparent from the message. Some other app is exclusively using your system’s Sound, and therefore your app of choice is unable to play sound. If you receive this message, here are a few things you need to take a look at to be able to address the issue.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).