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- #DEVICE BEING USED BY ANOTHER APPLICATION SOUND INSTALL#
- #DEVICE BEING USED BY ANOTHER APPLICATION SOUND UPDATE#
- #DEVICE BEING USED BY ANOTHER APPLICATION SOUND DRIVER#
- #DEVICE BEING USED BY ANOTHER APPLICATION SOUND WINDOWS 10#
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#DEVICE BEING USED BY ANOTHER APPLICATION SOUND DRIVER#
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#DEVICE BEING USED BY ANOTHER APPLICATION SOUND INSTALL#
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#DEVICE BEING USED BY ANOTHER APPLICATION SOUND UPDATE#
This will prevent the update from being installed next time Windows Updates are being installed. Right-click on the KB2962407 update and select “Hide Update”. Clicking on the message will open a window where the important update(s) is.ģ. When the process is completed, it should find important update(s) available. Go into Control Panel, then click on “Windows Updates”.Ģ. Press Windows + R, type mmsys.cpl and press Enter to open the sound settings Select the one you want and click Set. For Discord, change Output device in Voice & Video. Step 2: Next, here is the procedure for hiding the update:ġ. Change to another audio device in the settings of the app you use to communicate with friends. Right-click on the update and select “Uninstall”. Look for the update with the ID number KB2962407.ģ. Go into Control Panel, then click on “Programs and Features”.Ģ. Here is the procedure for uninstalling the update:ġ.
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Uninstalling the Windows Update, then hiding it, is the only method of eliminating the issue if it caused by this update. Please note that the following troubleshooting is ONLY a workaround, for now. P.S: if you are using an HP unit, please follow this procedure. Try to play audio again, if the problem still persists continue to method 2.Īnother way to solve this problem is by updating your audio drivers on the system, you can simply download these from your computer manufacturer website. Once in Device Manager click the Scan for hardware changes button.ģ. Open Start and type Device Manager then select Device Manager.Ģ.
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It might be a UWP app thing because apps like Chrome and VLC appear with their correct names.According to some users on Microsoft Answers the problem can be solved by simply scanning for hardware changes on your system.ġ. We expect something similar happens with Groove.
#DEVICE BEING USED BY ANOTHER APPLICATION SOUND WINDOWS 10#
For example, the TV & Movies app in Windows 10 is listed as video.ui.exe. Repeat for the other app that’s playing audio and select your other audio device.Īudio Router works well but it doesn’t recognize all apps by their name. The audio from the app will be sent to the device you selected. Note the dropdown arrow under each app that is running, and the audio devices that you are configured on your system.Ĭlick the dropdown arrow under an app and select the ‘Route’ button.Īnother small window will open with a dropdown for selecting the audio device that you want to route your audio to. Run Audio Router and it will show you an interface that resembles the volume mixer in Windows. Install Audio Router and play audio in two different apps, or in separate instances of the same app. To check if you have two separate devices configured, right-click the speaker icon in the system tray and select ‘Playback Devices’ from the context menu. The audio devices must be configured correctly i.e., they must show up as two separate devices. There are quite a few apps that let you output audio to two different devices however, for a free solution we recommend using Audio Router.Īudio Router is a free, open source app that lets you send the audio output of an app to your device of choice. This is something that can only be accomplished through a third-party app. It will do this even if you have two different audio devices enabled and there won’t be an option to output audio to two different devices. If you have more than one app playing audio, Windows will route the audio stream through the same audio device. Windows only lets you output audio to one device at a time.