After Effects 26.0.0 will not export audio

I cannot get AE 26 to export the audio track.

I have tried exporting the file in MOV, 264, and AVI. I have tried playing the exported file in VLC, quicktime, GOM, and BS and none of attemps have audio.

The audio track is not hidden and when I play it in AE you can hear the music. And, yes, when exporting the file the setting for the audio option is set to "audio output auto" and I have also tried "audio output on" and it still doesn't export audio. I have even tried different audio files, and nothing.

Is this codec issue in windows?