why wont you let us use AVR recevers without windows seeing them as a display?

[JoshAtkinson3]

There used to be an option in the sound control panel to let you use HDMI audio without windows seeing the audio device as a monitor. WHY DID YOU TAKE THIS AWAY?!?I can't just duplicate the screens because windows sees this nonexistent display as 800x600 and that makes my 1440p monitor run at 800x600. Setting it as a mirror would be a solution if Windows would consider the different resolutions of both output devices, but it won't. This leads to an unsightly side effect. The lower resolution is used for both devices.I can't extend the display because that makes my GPU mem clock stay at 100% al

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