Realtek HD Audio Driver is one of the most widely used sound drivers that allows you to manage sound settings for Windows. Realtek HD Audio Manager comes with a built-in Realtek audio driver. This sound controller has many valuable features and also supports a six-channel digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with 16.20.24-bit pulse code modulation on 5.1 channel audio.
In addition to delivering high-quality sound to your system with the help of the audio card, the sound driver also handles sound control playback in Windows. To improve the sound, you need to connect it with your audio device.
There might be a scenario where you are having trouble accessing the sound driver or the Realtek Audio Manager icon has disappeared from your taskbar, system tray or notification section.
The problem may start to arise when you have done the Windows update or if there is a change in the audio card driver.
To fix the problem, you first need to know where to find Realtek HD Audio Manager
Where to find Realtek HD Audio Manager?
Realtek HD Audio Manager is usually installed together with the Realtek HD Audio Driver. If you have already installed the audio driver, you may be able to find Realtek HD Audio Manager from Control Panel.
In case you cannot find Realtek HD Audio Manager in Control Panel, please follow the instructions below:
- Go to the C drive of your device, open Program Files, click on Realtek, and then open the Audio folder
- In the HDA folder, double click on RtkNGUI64.exe and doing so will open the Realktek HD Audio Manager.
If you still couldn’t find the Realtek HD Audio Manager, you may need to reinstall it after updating the Realtek HD Audio Driver.
Reinstalling Realtek HD Audio Manager
To reinstall Realtek HD Audio Manager, you will need to update your audio drivers first, but before that uninstall the outdated ones.
Start with uninstalling all existing drivers to prevent duplicate drivers from being downloaded, and to do so, follow the instructions below:
- Click the Start menu button and go to Device Manager.
- You will see a list there and you will need to expand Sound, video and game controllers.
- Look for the Realtek High Definition Audio driver.
- Right-click on it and from the drop-down menu, select the ‘Uninstall’ option.
- Check the ‘Delete the driver software for this device’ option and click ‘Uninstall’.
- Open the Views tab and click ‘Show hidden devices’ from the drop down menu.
- Now check for duplicate drivers. If yes, then right-click on it and hit the Uninstall button. After that, reboot the system.
After the uninstall, you can now update your audio drivers, follow these instructions:
- Go to the Realtek website in a browser.
- Find the right drivers for your device and download them manually. Once you have downloaded the file, you can run it and follow the instructions to install the update.
Troubleshooting Realtek HD Audio Manager
Even after updating the Realtek HD Audio driver, if the problem persists, you can still follow the troubleshooting tips provided:
- Disable the Microsoft UAA bus driver
- Go to Device Manager and expand System Devices.
- Search for the Microsoft UAA bus driver for HD audio.
- Right click on it and from the drop down menu click ‘Disable’.
- Go to ‘Windows Settings’ and then click on ‘Apps and features’.
- Click ‘Realtek High Definition Audio Driver’ and then click ‘Uninstall Driver’.
- Then go to Device Manager and right click on the disabled driver.
- In the dropdown menu, click ‘Uninstall’.
- Now, you can reinstall the Realtek HD audio driver.
- Using the ‘Start’ menu, open the Task Manager.
- Then go to Home tab and search for Realtek HD Audio Manager.
- If the status shows as ‘Disabled’, right click on it and click Enable from the drop down menu and then reboot the system.
- Go to Device Manager and click (+) to expand Sound, video and game controllers.
- Right-click on Realtek High Definition Audio and from the menu, click Update Driver option.
- If you have the latest driver configuration file on your system, choose “Browse my computer” in the driver software.
- Click the ‘Let me choose from a list of available drivers on my computer’ option.
- Find the latest driver by date and then click ‘Next’ to update.
- Go to Device Manager and click (+) to expand Sound, video and game controllers.
- Click the ‘Action’ tab, find and click ‘Add Legacy Hardware’ in the menu.
- Click ‘Next’ and select the radio button that says ‘Automatically search for and install hardware’.
- Click Next, and then reinstall the driver.
This is how you can download and reinstall Windows 10 Realtek HD Audio Manager.
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