No sound when locking windows

[doolhoofd]

Good evening Dunlock,
Thank you for all that information; however, I still have a question: which version of FxSound are you using?
Version 1.1.19.0 is available on fxsound.com and the Microsoft Store, or, alternatively, you can use the “Check for updates” function in the Help section of the Settings menu; and version 1.1.20.0 has been released for testing a few days ago.
This is the main thread on the known issue with sleep mode:
Speaker Output Changes to FX on wakeup with no sound
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.

@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!