Windows 10: App Volume and Device Preferences not persistent (Windows 10 1803)

With the release of Windows 10 1803, I noticed that a virtual audio routing option had been added into the sound preferences to adjust the output device that a particular application should use when applications (like Spotify) that don't let you locally define the output device it should used within it's own settings.


In my case this is more about a Cycle training application called Zwift, but I figured more people would know what Spotify is


This works, however I noticed that once I've closed the Zwift cycle training application and reopened it (even without rebooting the PC), the application audio does not route to the destination that I'd defined in the settings.


Opening the settings shows that the correct, manually defined output device is still selected, but in order to get audio to route to that device, I need to select something different and then re-select the one that I'd originally setup.


Anyone else finding this to be the case also?


R. Mark

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As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

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