I have not done any recording since early in 2017 and in the meantime (without thinking much about it) I got the Win 10 Creators update (v1703). Today when I try to play any project in SONAR (Platinum, v22.11.0 BUILD 111 [2016.11]), I get a popup "unable to open audio playback device." Device is Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (1st gen.) USB 2.0 audio with latest Win driver and it works fine in other audio tests (Win Media, iTunes, Band-in-a-Box). My SONAR support membership ended 3/1/2017 (not intentional, missed the boat somehow, busy with non-musical life).
I've tried rebooting, changing driver models in audio settings, updating device driver (Windows wouldn't let me as it had latest), disabling the PC's onboard audio driver. I searched KB and forum which made me suspect Creator update but aside for disabling onboard audio, I couldn't find anything relevant. Any suggestions? I'm not sure how to re-up support subscription or updates at this point but I will if I need new build to get around this. Since my subscription ran through Feb. 2017 and my version is 2016.11, maybe there's a more recent SONAR update I haven't installed yet (I will check). But Win Creator update was since March (I think). UPDATE: I installed 2017.01 (latest version available to me) and behavior is the same.
Thanks,
Bruce
My system is CybertronPC with AMD FX-8300 8-core processor, 3.3 GHz, 16 GB RAM, running 64-bit Windows 10 Home (Creator Ed., v1703). Latest updates on Win10 (automatic). Latest Win driver for Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (first gen).