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Asked: 2026-05-23T10:54:25+00:00

I want to be able to change the default audio output device on Windows

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I want to be able to change the default audio output device on Windows 7 programatically using C# (and probably some underlying Win32 API calls, as well). I’ve already done my homework, and I’ve heard a lot of mixed comments from different sources, so I wanted to ask this question again to get a straight answer. Is this actually possible (through any means)? If so, how would I go about doing this?

And please do not suggest a solution with “AutoIt” or some other similar program… this is a C#/.NET-specific question.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just in case anyone stumbles across this thread in the future… here’s some C++ code that’ll do it by calling some undocumented Win32 APIs. This can be compiled into an EXE and then called silently from a .NET application, so you could build a .NET program around this code.

    http://web.archive.org/web/20190317012739/http://www.daveamenta.com/2011-05/programmatically-or-command-line-change-the-default-sound-playback-device-in-windows-7/

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