skype wont play sound through headphones

I just want to see if the headset isn't dead or not and I'm just experiencing software problems. I'm not sure if its due to my soundcard causing interference or something else, but I'd like to ensure a surefire way to make this work or not. There was ONE time it did play through my headphones, and that was the only time before I never got to hear it again. When using external devices for your audio input, such as a headset, or USB microphone, make sure they are properly connected to your computer, are powered on. Rarely, sometimes the sound does play, but only through my computer audio, most likely due to selecting 'Hear VR Audio from Computer' but this only happens one every few runs. I even enabled the 'Hear VR Audio from Computer' and 'Hear computer audio in VR' but I don't hear anything in the VR headset regardless nor can I hear the oculus games when launched through the Oculus Launcher.

The problem can be just as frustrating in Skype. Install device drivers before plugging in the USB device: After device drivers are installed, plug in your USB headset first, before you launch Skype. Imagine how annoying it would be if you couldnt hear anything whenever you made a phone call. I've gone through my sound settings and changed my output device on my Windows, and in the Oculus Settings page, I selected Rift Headphones as the option to play the sounds. Make sure that your headphone and microphone jacks are plugged into the right audio in and audio out sockets on your computer. This happened pretty suddenly, but now I can't hear audio through my Oculus Rift anymore.

Skype wont play sound through headphones