Windows 10: Can't enable headphones plugged into my WMR headset

I've plugged it into the computer and made sure they work normally and they do, but when I plug them into the jack for the WMR headset they won't enable. Even checking manually and managing the audio devices to enable it manually doesn't work. It'll flash on for a moment, then just diable again. Any help would be lovely.

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*TPU's Gaming Headphone/Headset Thread*

is this just for headphones/headsets or is stereo's listed also?

 

Recent WMR updates have completely broken WMR for me

Ever since the latest WMR updates, WMR hasn't worked correctly at all for me:

• Edge won't play WebVR videos. After the update this worked intermittently (Edge would play a video, but crash). After the most recent Edge update it's been completely broken. Usually the videos are black and when I click the googles to go into immersive
  mode nothing happens. At best, many sites tell me to get a WebVR compatible browser. Note I've tried this with and without the 360 viewer plugin. Doesn't seem to make a difference.
• I have a laptop with an external graphics card. I used to be able to plug my headset into the laptop's HDMI port. Now this is broken. The headset won't start up unless it's plugged into the external graphics card, which is extremely inconvenient and doesn't
  seem to work correctly with SteamVR (Steam VR will keep telling me my headset needs to be plugged into my primary display).
• For some reason every time I start Edge now, Steam VR starts up and then crashes. Then Edge crashes. And this cycle repeats.

So my headset's basically a worthless brick right now and has been for a couple of months. I can get into the cliff house but that's about it. I keep hoping the next windows update will fix this but no luck so far. I'm not sure what to do.
Everything worked flawlessly before that WMR update.

 

Computer Won't Auto Change the Playback Device When Headphones Plugged In/Out

Hi Michael,

I understand your concern and will be happy to assist you.

Is the issue specific to only Headphones/ Does External Speaker play when plugged in?

I suggest you to try resetting the default device as shown in the steps given below and check if the issue persists.

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  Plug in the Headphones in the machine.
  
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  Go to Start and Control Panel.
  
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  Select 'Hardware and Sound'.
  
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  Click 'Change system sounds'.
  
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  Click 'Playback' tab. (It should then show you your headphones in the list).
  
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  Select your proper Headphone device from the list, then Click 'Set Default'.
  
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  Now unplug your Headphones and select speakers from the list, then Click 'Set Default'.
  

Hope it helps. Please reply for further queries on this.