Windows 10: Realtek HD Audio Manager - Will no longer open?

This is my motherboard:
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B450-GAMING-PRO-CARBON-AC#down-driver&Win10 64

You can find my audio drivers at Drivers -> Win 10 64.

I have switched between the Universal Driver and the non-universal driver for a couple years, and have never had an issues. Realtek HD Audio manager would always open when I installed the non-universal driver.

I didn't really keep track of recent Win10 OS updates, on top of running this PowerShell script from the Tenforums to "Detect Realtek HDA driver". You need to be logged in in order to download the script, but I've copy-pasted the contents of the script here: https://pastebin.com/XB18ujv4

I don't know if it was coincidence with all the updates, or running this script, or using DDU to uninstall my Realtek drivers (Which, I've done many times and never had issues), but now all of a sudden my Realtek HD Audio Manager won't open. It won't even start, apparently?

https://i.imgur.com/F2D3V3c.png

No amount of uninstalling/reinstalling either driver seems to fix this. The only solution to being able to customize things (such as separate audio streams for front/back) is to install the universal realtek driver, but I swear that makes my computer feel laggy.

EDIT: i want to add, it's not even showing up in my control panel: https://i.imgur.com/uDouzOp.png

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Realtek Audio Manager No Longer Available in Device Manager

Funny thing happened after this past Wednesday's Windows 10 update. The Realtek Audio Manager which I've been using for years is no longer listed or available in Device Manager. Anywhere. Realtek HD audio is enabled in startup.

When I select 5.1 sound in the "Configure Speakers" tab in the Sound/Playback window I have no sound other than for the Front Left/Right speakers. The Center, Subwoofer and two rear speakers show the little animation that you get when you test the speakers
but nothing is heard.

I've used the MSI utility to re-install the Realtek HD Audio Drivers for my motherboard. No change.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Realtek hd audio manager

Your laptop comes with new realtek audio console, so the old realtek hd audio manager is not going to work.

 

Troubles opening Realtek HD Audio Manager

Did you follow the tutorial to reinstall Realtek Audio Manager? There are other steps there too to try.

There's another tutorial here covering this slightly differently:

https://ugetfix.com/ask/how-to-reinstall-realte...

(Avoid all ad links in tutorial, follow only editorial steps which are good)

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