Exclusive use of audio output device

Is there a way to configure Cakewalk to not grab exclusive use of the audio output device, or to temporarily release it?
 
When I have Cakewalk running, I can't use any other program that outputs audio. From those programs, I either get an error message along the lines of "Unable to open audio device", or there is no sound at all. When I close Cakewalk, everything goes back to normal.
 
Using the Windows Control Panel, I've tried unchecking "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" in the "Sound -> Playback -> Properties -> Advanced" tab, but then I have the opposite problem: Cakewalk tells me there is no audio device configured on start-up.
 
The main reason for my wanting to do this is to listen to exported WAV files to see what they sound like on various external music players. Of course I can quit Cakewalk first to do that, but it would be nice if I didn't have to.
 
I know this is a nit, just inconvenient.
 
Thanks!

Nope, and that fixed me right up once I checked it.
 
Thank you, Ken!