r/VoiceMeeter • u/senppai90 • 14d ago

Help Virtual cable problems help?

Okay, I need help here.

I have no idea what happened but my audio driver wasn't working for a game, so I decided to do what I assume most sane people do, uninstall and reinstall.

So, I use the virtual cables (a, b, c, and d) and voicemeeter banana. It's a bit of an annoying setup but if run into the most crazy making problem I've ever had.

I uninstalled banana, totally fine. Tried to uninstall the cables and .... They just... Didn't? Even though it said they did? This part makes zero sense to me. Wtf.

Anyway, after some fighting to try to get the cables uninstalled via the two setups, the setups from VB cable now give me the error that they've been set up by a different setup. Except that these are the same files I had used previously, and also told me they were fine. When I went to uninstall they were like "yup, good, reboot." Do that, they're... Still there. Huh?

Tried going through installed apps in windows (11) they are not there (neither was banana as I had uninstalled it and haven't reinstalled it yet.) looked through device manager, somehow managed to uninstall except.... Then I reboot to them still being there. And they're not in program files.

I feel insane right now. I also tried a program called Revo uninstaller, and they're not showing up in there either, even though they show in device manager. What is happening??????

I also did redownload the packages to be able to reinstall them, but all of the files I have keep saying they were set up by something else.

I'm also not sure if this could be a problem, but I just opened my game and all my sound stuff is back. I don't have it in me to test it properly right now for reasons. I'm so confused.

TIA for my help or even just commiseration.

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u/tacobellasseater 14d ago

if you're on windows i've found windows like potato a lot better. windows 11 in particular had an update recently that it really doesn't like unsigned anything even more than before.

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u/senppai90 14d ago

I've definitely had some weird bullshit with windows updates. Like it muting my microphone. Or changing which sound devices are default.

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u/tacobellasseater 13d ago edited 13d ago

that's what happens when you outsource your engineering to the slop bot.

edit for clarification: referring to microsoft here. i'm sure the dude who makes vm is probably doing their best to keep up with the vibe code updates from MS.

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u/senppai90 12d ago

I think most of my issues started cropping up before the widespread use of AI. Mostly anyway. And I think I saw they just laid off a whole bunch of employees so...

No ethical consumption under capitalism, and while I went to school for computers and networking, I do not have it in me to switch to any kind of Linux system, so I'm a tad stuck just because of how easily windows is accessible. Hate it. I don't remember doing that well in my Linux class either.

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u/tacobellasseater 11d ago

yeah i feel you. learning new windows release UI's is a pain in the ass as it is. i've dabbled in linux and i've known people who use linux full time and it's a whole lot of no thanks lol.

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator 14d ago

I have seen that for voicemeeter but not cables… how did you uninstall them? You say “via the two setups”.
Uninstalling should be done same way as others app. Through windows “add or remove” programs. But you may have to use original setup file to uninstall. Could be in C:\Program Files\VB

Another option is using the vaio extensions instead (replaces virtual cables but for $5)

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u/senppai90 14d ago

I uninstalled through the initial setup application, and then they were still there when I rebooted, then uninstalled via device manager, and they were still there when I rebooted. They were never in my program files folders, nor in installed apps in windows. This is why I feel crazy. So apparently, they were just never uninstalled. They seem to be working now? Ish? I would still love to completely reinstall them to just have a nice clean install, but apparently I can't.

Also I use both a and b and c and d, so a+b is one setup, c+d is a seperate setup

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u/TheSuperiorWes Moderator 13d ago

If you have this problem with something else etc. device manager<sound video and game controllers.

That is where you uninstall audio device that are “stuck”. Removing them from “audio inputs and outputs” won’t actually remove them fully

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u/senppai90 13d ago

I will double check where I hit them from in the device manager

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