Realtek HD Audio Manager not in Control Panel

Hi everyone,

I've just installed the latest Realtek driver and the installation goes fine but Realtek HD Audio Manager won't appear in the Control Panel or the System Tray (however, when I go to customize the notification icons, Realtek HD Audio Manager appears as "Show icon and notifications").

I've tried reinstalling time and time again. Also, Device Manager shows 4 instances of "High Definition Audio Device" as well as Realtek High Definition Audio. I've tried uninstalling these and installing Realtek but Windows automatically installs them upon restart.

Anyone got any ideas?

FredeGail said:

Hello MultiCat & Welcome to SevenForums!

Try following this fix (I've smashed up a #permalink for you):
Solved Realtek hd audio not showing up in control panel - Vista Forums

Best Regards,
FredeGail

Thanks FredeGail. However, the problem is Realtek HD Audio Manager isn't showing in the System Tray or in the Control Panel.

FredeGail said:

MultiCat said:

FredeGail said:

Hello MultiCat & Welcome to SevenForums!

Try following this fix (I've smashed up a #permalink for you):
Solved Realtek hd audio not showing up in control panel - Vista Forums

Best Regards,
FredeGail

Thanks FredeGail. However, the problem is Realtek HD Audio Manager isn't showing in the System Tray or in the Control Panel.

Have you been downloading the driver only, or the utility included?

Best Regards,
FredeGail

I've been downloading the latest drivers (which include the Audio Manager) from the Realtek website.

Realtek

FredeGail said:

You may have another soundcard driver installed.
Look for it in Device Manager. My suggest is to uninstall the Realtek driver in Control Panel all normal, and then download Driver Sweeper, and clean the leftover files following your soundcard.

Best Regards,
FredeGail

I'm trying that now.

Just something I noticed when I was using Task Manager is that RAVCpl64.exe (Realtek HD Audio Manager) is a running process. Strikes me as a little odd...

FredeGail said:

Your RAVCpl64.exe should remove when uninstalling your driver. That's my guess.
And it'll probably be back when installing the driver back on

Best Regards,
FredeGail

Just tried using Driver Sweeper to remove the stray files and then install the drivers again and I'm still getting the same problem.