How to reinstall the latest Realtek HD Audio Manager on Windows 10 and 11

Realtek HD Audio Manager is a convenient way to easily control and quickly adjust your audio adapters. What's more, it automatically detects newly added audio accessories, making your audio setup more convenient. It also has many features that music lovers will find useful every time, from noise suppression and echo cancellation to voice recorder and more. However, it's like other programs that sometimes run into problems. If you are one of those who recently found it missing on your Windows system, there is an easy fix: download and reinstall Realtek HD Audio Manager in your Windows.

#Most Windows machines come with the Realtek HD Audio Manager or driver installed. You can just right-click on the Start button to go to Device Manager to check it. Once you open it, scroll down and look for the "Sound, video, and game controllers" option. Click it to expand the device or driver list. If you find Realtek High Definition Audio, your machine does have Realtek HD Audio Manager and you may just be having issues. Updating Realtek HD Audio is a quick way to fix the problem. Just right-click on it to get the "Update Driver" option, select "Automatically search for updated driver software" and Windows will do it for you Work. However, doing so does not guarantee optimal results, so it is more recommended to manually download and reinstall Realtek HD Audio Manager in Windows 10 or 11.

The first step is to uninstall Realtek HD Audio from the items under the Sound, Video, and Game Controllers option in Device Manager. This is an important step to ensure a successful reinstallation of the Realtek HD audio driver and prevent further problems. So, instead of selecting the update option for Realtek High Definition Audio, select “Uninstall Device”. Confirm your decision by checking the "Remove driver software for this device" box, and then select "OK." Follow the steps that appear in the prompts to complete the process. After that, click on the View tab at the top of Device Manager and select "Show hidden devices" to uninstall other duplicate drivers.

Once your PC is cleared of Realtek HD Audio Drivers, you will need to get the appropriate Realtek HD Audio Drivers for your system. Realtek provides a list of different versions of its HD Audio codec software on its download page, including ZIP and executable versions. Find the one for your system and click the download icon next to it. If you have an Intel NUC8i7BE, NUC8i5BE, and NUC8i3BE product, you can view the Realtek HD Audio driver for Windows 10 and Windows 11 on the Intel website. Intel also provides the Realtek High Definition Audio driver for Windows 10 64-bit and Windows 11 for the 11th Generation Intel NUC11PHKi7C products. You can also try to obtain the latest Realtek HD Audio driver through the motherboard manufacturer's website. Just press Windows R and type the msinfo32 command to get your motherboard manufacturer brand and system model name details. After that, visit the official website of the manufacturer and download Realtek HD Audio Manager using the information you have.

After downloading the file, locate it on your PC system and start the installation process (if you chose the ZIP version, unzip it to an easily accessible location first).

Run the downloaded file and select Next to confirm your action. This may take some time, but once Realtek HD Audio Manager is reinstalled, your PC will ask you to restart. Do this to complete these steps. After restarting, you can check if the installation was successful by visiting Device Manager again and looking for updated Realtek High Definition Audio under the Sound, Video, and Game Controllers option. If it's not there, you can simply repeat the process of downloading the file until the driver appears in Device Manager.

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