Realtek (r) microphone not showing up

[Microsoft Windows]

Im on a laptop and the microphone was always working because it was built in. Today it wasn't working so i tried checking if it was on and it wasn't. I tried to turn it on and it said that it was not connected. I tried literally everything. Whenever i tried to go into "properties" it opens "Realtek (r) audio" (not the microphone). It was working just the other day.Here's what i already tried:tried updating the driver (there were no drivers to update to);did "microphone troubleshooting" (it said it was not connected);checked "device manager" (it wasn't there nor it was anywere except the sound

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