Sound stopped working - Windows 11

Posts: 5 · GaryK4 19 Dec 2021, 21:06

I'm not sure that the upgrade to windows 11 is when the issue started. But when running from the GUI, I don't get any sounds at all (compare, sync, etc). Under options, it will NOT play the test sound either. If I select browse and use the context menu to play, that works.
I downloaded 11.15 and that did not help. None of the other posts appear to have quite the same issue.

Posts: 7506 · Zenju 20 Dec 2021, 09:45

I'm not able to reproduce this on Windows 11, so it doesn't seem like a general issue. Unfortunately, the Windows PlaySound() function does not return error details on failure.

Posts: 5 · GaryK4 20 Dec 2021, 13:22

OK, I will play with this. I wrote a quick program using the PlaySound() API. It does work on my Win10 surface pro, but NOT on my Windows 11 Desktop! If I find anything, I will let you know.

Posts: 5 · GaryK4 22 Dec 2021, 13:14

I should have asked. Are you using the system32/winmm.dll ?

Posts: 7506 · Zenju 22 Dec 2021, 16:50

Yes, that is what PlaySound() is based on.

Posts: 5 · GaryK4 2 Nov 2022, 22:11

Interesting: after the last major update for Windows 11 (Version 22H2), the sounds started working again.
My test program worked also.
Yea!!!