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Headphones only playing audio from some applications

Kronogenics

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Feb 21, 2017
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I have a pair of Astro A50's that up until two days ago worked fine, I unplugged them and then since then they will only play audio from a few applications. Though my browser (Vivaldi), Discord, and Skype, all fail to function. Audio is playing just no sound is played. Things I have tried:

- Driver Update Check (None)
- Uninstall Driver and Reinstall (Nothing)
- Reboot (Nothing)
- Uninstall Driver Reboot Reinstall (Nothing)
- Disabling Audio Enhancements
- Disabling Exclusive Mode
- The option to configure is blurred
- I have also reverted to a system restore to before the event took place