FxSound keeps changing output device when laptop goes into standby/sleep mode

[doolhoofd]

Good afternoon,
This is the main thread on the known issue with sleep mode:

Speaker Output Changes to FX on wakeup with no sound

When my computer wakes up from sleep, my audio device’s speakers is set for the FX program, but I have no sound. I need to choose my speakers over the “FXSOUND” setting every time I wake back up to hear my sound again. Is this a bug that can be addressed or fixed?

So far, no permanent fix has been found, but four actions can be proposed:

• Disable all unneeded devices (including hidden ones) in Windows Sound Settings;
• Disable automatic switching;
• Change the Power settings to make the computer stay awake longer;
• This workaround suggested by user @metanoiance.

Lastly, it would be helpful for troubleshooting purposes if you could run the command @bvijay shared, which I copy-pasted at the bottom of this post.

@bvijay

From FxSound Settings → General, uncheck the option

This will make output switch based on user preference and across sleep/wakeup cycles the user selected output will remain unchanged.

@metanoiance

I wanted to share a simple workaround. Keep in mind that I am not a programmer and this is just a simple batch code I came up with.

Using Notepad I made a text file with the following lines and saved it as .bat.

taskkill /f /im FxSound.exe
cd C:\Program Files\FxSound LLC\FxSound
start /min FxSound.exe

Then I used the default Windows Task Scheduler to run the file on wake-up. Meaning everytime the PC wakes up from sleep or hibernation the FxSound.exe will be restarted. Note that the 2nd line in the .bat file can differ for you depending on where you installed FxSound.

Not the most elegant or ideal solution, but I hope this helps!

@bvijay

I would like to confirm if your PC supports modern standby (S0 low-power idle), and if we have to handle the sleep states differently.
Can you please run this command and share us the output?

powercfg /a