If you connect to a microphone, then navigate to the Recording tab. Go to the Playback tab if you are connecting a headphone or speaker to the front audio jack, and then right-click the audio device and select Set as Default Device. Right-click the Volume icon from the taskbar and select Sounds. To fix it, you can change the audio device settings via the steps below: If the required audio device to the Front audio jack is not set as default, you may encounter Windows 10 headphone jack not working. Now, you can restart computer and see if the Front headphone jack not working Windows 10 issue is fixed. If it is enabled, you can disable first and re-enable. Toggle on the switch of Disable front panel jack detection and click on OK to save the change. Note: The following steps may vary from different audio devices and Windows versions.