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WIndows 11 stops recognizing monitors as audio output devices when idle
For some reason, Windows 11 stops recognizing my two external monitors as audio output devices when I leave my desktop idle. I also have headphones plugged in and they will become the only output aud...
I've tried all of the suggestions above including restarting audiosrv/AudioEndpointBuilder services, power cycling the TV, running Windows audio troubleshooter... nothing worked. No pending Windows updates, no driver updates available. I knew rebooting the PC always fixes the issue, but it's obnoxious as hell doing that every time Windows stops detecting an audio device, which seems to be constantly these days...
Well, turns out putting the PC to sleep and waking it back up seems to work just as well, no need to close down programs or save your work.
