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DefaultAudio silent install & uninstall

Changes default audio device in Windows Vista or higher.

Commands for installing DefaultAudio without prompts, removing it again and detecting it from deployment tools. A command is shown only when it is certain: from the manifest or the installer technology’s documented default.

Related guide: Silent install switches: MSI, NSIS, Inno Setup · Uninstall a program with the registry or PowerShell

With winget

PowerShell
winget install --id AshleyStone.DefaultAudio -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements
winget upgrade --id AshleyStone.DefaultAudio -e --silent
winget uninstall --id AshleyStone.DefaultAudio -e --silent

By installer

32-bit · MSI · All users

Silent installmsiexec /i DefaultAudio-1.0.0.0.msi /qn /norestart
Write a logmsiexec /i DefaultAudio-1.0.0.0.msi /qn /norestart /l*v "%TEMP%\defaultaudio-install.log"
Uninstallmsiexec /x {A2209DE2-2176-4AEA-A27D-8EEF65CCAFCC} /qn /norestart
MSI product code
{A2209DE2-2176-4AEA-A27D-8EEF65CCAFCC}
Uninstall registry key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{A2209DE2-2176-4AEA-A27D-8EEF65CCAFCC}

PowerShell: download, verify, install

Downloads the official file, checks its SHA256 and installs it silently.

install-defaultaudio.ps1
$url = 'https://bitbucket.org/AshleyStone/defaultaudio/downloads/DefaultAudio-1.0.0.0.msi'
$sha256 = '28721BE0AF5BAA49BBB96E22ABEE3EA69B47DA70274FCBB28DCFA7DA995C641A'
$file = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'DefaultAudio-1.0.0.0.msi'
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $file -UseBasicParsing
if ((Get-FileHash $file -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -ne $sha256) { throw 'SHA256 mismatch' }
Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList '/i', ('"{0}"' -f $file), '/qn', '/norestart' -Wait

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