Windows 10: Using System Tray 'Speakers' to switch speakers

..is not working. I can see the speakers connected to my PC one in my monitor and one connected via USB and both are working. I have also used Win10's speaker setting to set application defaults. The apps are not using the defaults and changing the system tray does not seem to do anything either. The default becomes whichever was selected on boot.

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Switching off internal computer speakers

This is a subject that has been raised before but Microsoft seems to refuse to answer. As a result of a previous update to Windows 10, the internal computer speakers work as well as the external sound system. There is no apparent way to switch off the
internal speakers and just have the external sound system working. A previous contributor suggested that Microsoft had a solution to this bug but wouldn't elaborate. This seemed very childish.

I ask the question again: Could someone give a step by step process for switching off internal computer speakers AND leaving the external speakers working. I have tried every setting but nothing fixes the problem. Surely this isn't rocket science and
it would be easy for Microsoft to write a bug fix???

Lack of action just infuriates users unnecessarily.

 

VIA HD Audio doesn't switch between speakers/headphones


Sorry for the necropost. I will start a new thread if required but this is exactly my problem though none of the solutions above seem to work. The VIA driver download which I actually tried before coming here gives me the option to switch automatically. That turns the speakers off but the headsets do not work. Other fixes including this one I found on reddit and the one in the previous post there by hapx do not seem to work. They either make it so the system tray says they are switched when they are not or the headphones or speakers don't work.
My next step is to download a switcher that runs in the systray that allows a switch with a single click but I would really rather it just worked correctly. Any help?
BTW .. I did verify that my VIA chipset (1818) is included in the VIA download)

 

speakers

Hi Charlie,

Corrupted or outdated drivers may be one of the possible causes why your speakers are not working properly. To efficiently assists you, we'd like to gather more information:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Have you tried updating your drivers?
• Have you tried connecting your speakers to another computer and check if the issue still persists?
• Have you tried using other speakers and check if the issue still persists?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow the steps in this article on how to troubleshoot sound problems.

Let us know if you need additional help.