Can't apply EAPO filter during REW measurement

[valinote]

PROBLEM RESOLVED: See solution below...

I took some room measurements on my PC with Room EQ Wizard and created an eq correction file that I imported into Equalizer APO. The filter works great with Tidal, Musicbee, and even the audio on my browser e.g. YouTube. So I decided to take another REW measurement with the new filter enabled to observe the difference in new frequency response from the original. But the EAPO filter seems to have no effect on the measurement sweep in REW. Even if I just use the built in signal generator in REW I don't hear any difference. I'm using 48KHz for both REW and EAPO. My setup is as described below:

Windows 10 PC USB --> Topping Topping E30II Lite --> Yamaha A-S501 Integrated Amp --> Advent 5002 speakers --> UMIK-1 USB Microphone --> REW

I have attached images of my REW Preference and Measurement settings, and also my EAPO config and Configurator settings.

UPDATE: Added Windows Sound setting to the below images

Any help or advice would be appreciated!

 

[sam_adams]

Windows APOs (Audio Processing Objects)—like Equalizer APO—are bypassed by exclusive mode drivers. I believe it was discussed here recently. A search may turn up the discussion.

 

[valinote]

To get MusicBee and Tidal working with EAPO I had to take them both *out* of WASAPI "Exclusive" mode and put them in WASAPI "Shared" mode. So I would assume that somehow REW is in Exclusive mode and that's why it's not working with EAPO. Is there a way to change it somehow to Shared mode? Hmm, I should add my Windows Sound settings to the above set of images. I will take your advice to look for some threads on Exclusive/Shared mode. Thank you for the search pointer!

 

[sam_adams]

When the output device selected has the 'EXCL:' designation before it, it is in exclusive mode.

 

[valinote]

PROBLEM SOLVED! Found the answer from John Mulcahy in thread "eqAPO has no effect on REW"
(I don't have enough posts to insert the link): "You have chosen the output device entry that starts EXCL. That means the driver bypasses all processing including eqAPO. Pick the output device entry that doesn't start with EXCL." I did this and it started working immediately. Thank you Sam!

 

[valinote]

Oops! You beat me to it Sam!! Thanks again my friend...