Windows 10: Does powercfg -requestsoverride actually work?

I've been looking at this on and off for months and have finally reached "make my own post" stage... hoping that someone has a solution as all the threads from Googling peter out into nothing, or are resolved by unplugging a gamepad, or people's "solution" is just to shut down the offending piece of software so there are no power requests (duh).

I use Voicemeeter, which holds audio streams open. I do not want this to stop my computer going to sleep, and powercfg -requestsoverride is apparently the way to do that.

This is my powercfg -requests output:

DISPLAY: None. SYSTEM: [DRIVER] VB-Audio Cable A (ROOT\MEDIA\0001) An audio stream is currently in use. [DRIVER] VB-Audio Cable B (ROOT\MEDIA\0002) An audio stream is currently in use. [DRIVER] VB-Audio Cable C (ROOT\MEDIA\0003) An audio stream is currently in use. [DRIVER] USB Audio Device (USB\VID_08BB&PID_2704&MI_00\b&2b13080f&0&0000) An audio stream is currently in use. [DRIVER] Legacy Kernel Caller AWAYMODE: None. EXECUTION: None. PERFBOOST: None. ACTIVELOCKSCREEN: None.

I have tried just about everything (sensible or otherwise, just everything I've come across):

• powercfg -requestsoverride DRIVER "VB-Audio Cable A" SYSTEM (and all the other devices listed)
• powercfg -requestsoverride DRIVER "VB-Audio Cable A (ROOT\MEDIA\001)" SYSTEM (and again, the same for the rest)
• powercfg -requestsoverride DRIVER "*" SYSTEM
• Changing Power Options -> USB settings -> USB selective suspend setting to "Enabled" and "Disabled"
• Setting Power Options -> Multimedia settings -> When sharing media to "Allow the computer to sleep"
• Disconnecting every non-essential device in the computer
• Turning off all software
• Running sfc - no issues detected
• Probably other things that I've forgotten

powercfg -sleepstudy / -lastwake / whichever others show it is the audio streams preventing it from sleeping; it's like it's just ignoring the requestsoverride list. The machine goes to sleep fine if Voicemeeter isn't running and there are the -request list is empty.

I've found hundreds of posts all over the place saying it doesn't work - for various request types like processes, multiple device types, etc. - so does this actually ever work?

Thanks very, very much to anyone who can help at all!

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powercfg -requestsoverride errors

Did you run the command below to check your command. If the powercfg /requests shows the Realtek driver it use whatever it shows, as indicated by the listing after using the command.

powercfg /requestsoverride /?

 

Win 10 POWERCFG -requestsoverride does not work

Hi,

For step-by-step instructions on troubleshooting the issue, kindly refer to the post of Deepika Gowda on this

link.

You can also refer to
Shut down, sleep, or hibernate your PC article for more information.

Should you have questions of clarifications, let us know.

Thank you.

 

powercfg /requestsoverride doesn't work on Windows 10

My Win10 1709 (16299.15) doesn't go to sleep even if I have added the following requestsoverrides:

PS C:\Windows\system32> powercfg /requestsoverride

[SERVICE]

[PROCESS]

[DRIVER]

USB\VID_10F5&PID_2129&MI_03\6&f5ef449&0&0003 SYSTEM

USB Audio Device SYSTEM

USB Audio Device (USB\VID_10F5&PID_2129&MI_03\6&f5ef449&0&0003) SYSTEM

Legacy Kernel Caller SYSTEM

PS C:\Windows\system32> powercfg /requests

DISPLAY:

None.

SYSTEM:

[DRIVER] USB Audio Device (USB\VID_10F5&PID_2129&MI_03\6&f5ef449&0&0003)

An audio stream is currently in use.

[DRIVER] Legacy Kernel Caller

AWAYMODE:

None.

EXECUTION:

None.

PERFBOOST:

None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:

None.

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How to add valid powercfg /requestsoverride to handle these DRIVERs and allow computer to sleep?

This is FRESHLY installed Windows 10, and I've run sfc /scannow, powercfg /restoredefaultschemes, Power Troubleshooter, ensured latest drivers on everything, etc. without any effect or help.