Windows 10: Headphones playing from speakers, recognised as "Headphones Realtek Audio"...

Whenever I plug my headphones into the headphone jack, it is no longer playing from the headphones, but the speaker instead. The headphones come up as "Headphones RealtekR Audio". This didn't happen 3 days ago, and I have already restarted/updated Windows. I've tried updating audio/realtek drivers, troubleshooting, etc, but nothing works. I can't even find the Realtek audio manager/hub that people have mentioned. To be honest, I've had sound issues with the speakers since I bought the laptop HP Envy, Ryzen7 core, but this is the first time headphones have stopped working.

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Audio playing through speakers and headphones.

My audio is playing through speakers and headphones. I've tried to set headphones to default but the option to do so isn't there. All I have is realtek audio speakers. How do I get it to automatically disable speakers when headphones are plugged in?

 

Audio is playing out both my speakers and headphones

Open Realtek Audio Manager in Control Panel:

 

Audio is playing out both my speakers and headphones


My computer uses the Realtek HD Audio Manager. I have headphones plugged into the front panel and speakers plugged into the board itself on the back. I use nircmd to switch the default audio device between the speakers and headphones.

When I have the headphones set as the default device, audio plays out only the headphones. When the speakers are the default device, audio plays out both the speakers and the headphones. I can't figure out how to actually disable audio from the headphones when the speakers are the default device (short of disabling the actual device or unplugging it).

How can I properly disable the headphones when I want to use the speakers?