Anyone know how I can set for an application to output its audio to a specific device in Windows? I'm dealing with applications where it's not possible to go into their settings and choose which output device you want to use.

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If it's windows 7, click the volume icon, click mixer, then under device on the left, there's a dropdown to choose your output device.

edit: sorry, I realized you're talking about a setting for each application. I see a post asking about this. One guy says he 'tricks' vista into outputting a certain app to the same device every time but no idea if this is a reliable fix. One app that might do the job is this one: http://software.muzychenko.net/eng/vac.htm At first it doesn't sound like the tool for the job but the more I read, the more it sounds like it should be able to specify different audio outputs for each program. Not sure if you must run this program first or at the same time or what. Worth a look maybe.

Here's the thread I found btw: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowspro-audiodevelopment/thread/a9241198-9e54-4358-8608-0a21163e0654

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You might be able to accomplish this under Windows 7 using Virtual Audio Cable along with the step that @CreeDorofl mentioned.

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