Windows Audio cant be started, error 1740 (0x800706cc: Endpoint is a duplicate)

Hello. I need help. I lost my audio a few days ago, and it seems weird. How did it happen? I noticed it when I experience a control panel issue. When I open it, it won't load up and it cant be closed. The volume button on the taskbar says "The Audio Service is not running." I watched a video on how to solve it. I noticed, the Multimedia Class Scheduler is not running. I started it successfully. So now I started the Windows Audio service, but a dialogue box shows up and says what is on the attachment. Hoping for your reply.

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Last updated April 1, 2020 Views 89,016 Applies to:

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Vladislav_Gj

If your AVG virus vault is empty and you get the error message of “Endpoint is a duplicate" try the following steps:

Open Regedit.
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AudioEndpointBuilder\Parameters.
In the right pane check the value of ServiceDll. If the value is %SystemRoot%\System32\Audiosrv.dll, it's the cause of the problem. It should be: %SystemRoot%\System32\AudioEndpointBuilder.dll.
Change the ServiceDll to it’s correct value.
Reboot your computer.

I hope this will help.

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