diff --git a/pipewire/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/10-wireplumber.conf b/pipewire/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/10-wireplumber.conf
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+# copy or symlink this file to /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d (system configuration)
+# or ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d (per-user configuration)
+# to configure pipewire to launch wireplumber directly
+
+context.exec = [ { path = "/usr/bin/wireplumber" args = "" } ]
diff --git a/pipewire/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/20-pipewire-pulse.conf b/pipewire/.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/20-pipewire-pulse.conf
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+# copy or symlink this file to /etc/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d (system configuration)
+# or ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d (per-user configuration)
+# to configure pipewire to launch pipewire-pulse directly
+
+context.exec = [ { path = "/usr/bin/pipewire" args = "-c pipewire-pulse.conf" } ]