How to fix no sound due to Windows Mixer changes

[Wisteso]

Going to maybe save someone the hour (or more) of troubleshooting when they inevitably search for this issue...

I frequently mute EQ via the windows sound mixer because its faster than doing it in-game. In the past, the program was always called "eqgame" in the mixer.

Suddenly, it's now showing up as "EverQuest" in the mixer with its volume slider was maxed, and the green audio-level bars were bouncing around. Yet no audio was coming from the game.

I was pretty sure that someone (P99 devs or Microsoft) changed something and didn't consider all the edge cases. I was pretty sure that "eqgame" was still muted from before the change, behind the scenes, despite "EverQuest" being unmuted and showing active audio levels.

Google searching a bit and I find this script that will forcibly reset all your individual program volume preferences. See https://www.jdknight.me/docs/su/misc...ume-mixer.html or just run these commands in an admin powershell if you dont have ps1 scripts enabled...

Stop-Service audiosrv
Stop-Service AudioEndpointBuilder
Remove-Item -Path 'hkcu:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\Audio\PolicyConfig\PropertyStore' -Recurse
Start-Service audiosrv

And it worked. Audio is back, and my suspicion was confirmed.