Windows 10: How to change sound device's symbol in the output device menu on taskbar in Win 11?

Hey.the icons are inconsistant to my devices.Headphone are with the speaker Icon and Speaker are with the headphone Icon.How can I change those icons?Greez JensGot the same issue as → https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-change-sound-devices-symbol-in-the-output/a67f8c54-8b9f-4c14-b010-39517e65d3d3

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How to change sound device's symbol in the output device menu on taskbar in Win 11?

Hi there,

I switched my speaker + headphones, so speaker is now in front and headphones in back panel, previously it was the other way around. Somewhat later I noticed the symbols for the audio devices not matching. I'm not talking about the ones in the sound devices menu where you also see inputs (mmsys.cpl), I mean the in Windows 11 newly added output devices switching menu when you click the speaker in the task bar and then the arrow on the right. There, the headphones got a speaker icon and my actual speakers got a headphone icon. They don't match up with the symbols I set in the sound devices menu.





On my mainboard's audio console ("Realtek Audio console") the icons shown there are the same wrong ones as above - speakers for headphones and headphones for my speakers. There doesn't seem to be a way to change them though.





Is there any way how to fix them? Maybe by messing with the registry? It's weird how the Windows 11 quick selection menu for the output device isn't picking up the symbols used in the sound devices menu.

 

No Audio Output Device is Installed

Hi,

You will need to select Windows 8 from the drop down list while installing the driver in compatibility mode.

I would suggest you to try setting the speaker as default audio output by following the steps below and check if it helps.

1. Right click on the sound icon on the right bottom corner of the taskbar.

2. Select "playback devices".

3. If "speaker" is not set as the default device, highlight it and click "set as default".

5. Save the changes.

Let us know the result.

 

Vista sound output to two devices

Ive tried to search this up, but so far I haven't found good results.

I have a Sound Blaster X-fi PCI-E and the Radeon 4890 HDMI audio for outputs.
I have them both working separately on the audio devices list on Vista Home Premium.
I FINALLY got screen cloning to work in games, but audio will only output to one or the other.
This depends on what I have set to default.

Is there anyway to get Vista to output all audio to BOTH devices?

Thanks in advance.