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App volume and device preferences keeps resetting

Anonymous
2020-07-11T15:08:18+00:00

Hello,

So I've been struggling with this issue for a while now. I found that win 10 has in their advanced sound settings the option to allocate different

audio devices to certain apps. For example I'm using digital driver cables which let me split the sound of my system and the sound of lets say my chrome browser into 2 audio streams. This is very nice when editing and recording.

However, I noticed that after (every?) reboot, windows resets these settings. It does this in a way that for chrome the output is still listed to my 'digital' driver, but that it isnt being picked up on. I have to select another option, then select the digital driver again for it to work.

For reference Im using digital audio cables along with voicemeeter banana program as the audio mixer. Does anyone have experience with this, or has the same issue?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-11T15:10:38+00:00

    Hi BrunoM89,

    Thanks for reaching out! I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you.

    Try to put the computer in clean boot state to make sure that third party applications are not interfering

    To perform a clean boot, follow the steps below:

    1. Click Start, type msconfig in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

    If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Continue.

    1. On the General tab, click Selective Startup.
    2. Under Selective Startup, click to clear the Load Startup Items check box.
    3. Click the Services tab, click to select the Hide All Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable All.
    4. Click OK.
    5. When you are prompted, click Restart.

    Note: A ‘clean boot’ starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs, so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program.

    Your computer may temporarily lose some functionality while in a clean boot environment, however, that functionality will return when you reset the computer to start normally after you have finished your troubleshooting.

    Note: If your issue is resolved after performing Clean Boot, then follow the steps mentioned in the following KB article to narrow down the exact source:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/929135...

    Hope it helps.

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