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March 30th, 2017 10:00

Alienware audio

I want to delete alienware audio, because whenever i try to launch Realtek HD Audio manager i launches alienware audio instead. How to uninstall it? Alienware Aurora R5

  • Eimy_B

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    Posted March 30th, 2017 14:00

    Hi wimanya‌,

    Why not just disable it at startup?

    CTRL+ALT+DELETE >Task Manager >Startup, find AWSoundCenterUiLauncher.exe, right click on it and disable.

    By default, the location of the exe: "C:\ProgramFiles\Alienware\AWSoundCenter\UserInterface\AWSoundCenterUILauncher.exe"

    If you never will use it again, set the startup to disabled, restart the computer, then just go and delete the whole containing folder in C:\ProgramFiles (delete the whole AWSoundCenter folder) ... if ever needed, you can easily re-install the program from Alienware Support.

    Also, you could go to Control Panel under Programs and Features and see if Alienware audio is listed there, if it is, uninstall and reboot. You may need to download and install Realtek drivers after again.

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    Posted March 31st, 2017 04:00

    problem is that in task manager it doesnt show awsound but realtek hd audio, there's no such folder as AWSoundCenter as well as no alienware audio in Programs and Features, however it is listed in control panel as Alienware Audio, and when i manually launch realtek manager from realtek folder it launches alienware audio instead, any suggestions?

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    Posted April 2nd, 2017 04:00

    I'm still waiting for a solution, any updates?

  • Carbon Based Lifeform

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    Posted April 2nd, 2017 05:00

    if you can't find the folder, why don't you just open Windows Explorer and use the Search Funktion? type in "AWSoundCenterUILauncher.exe"" and hit enter.

    and....
    it is still a fan forum and not a chatroom. it's weekend. people have probably better things to do. please be patient.

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    Posted April 3rd, 2017 11:00

    could it be that the Alienware Audio IS actually the Realtek driver with modified interface?

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    Posted April 3rd, 2017 11:00

    It's just a guess on my part, but that is what I suspect. Realtek could have designed a special firmware for Dell, so it would be identified as "Dell Audio" or "Alienware Audio" and not "Realtek HD Audio" to Windows.

     

    Not sure of the motivation, but I suppose it would enable Dell to control what audio drivers Windows-10 installs (or suggests to Install) on these machines.

    Finally, I can report that on my Aurora-R6, Windows-10 Pro (64bit) identifies it's on-board audio device as "Realtek Audio".

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  • wimanya

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    Posted April 3rd, 2017 11:00

    I've tried it without any success, any ideas?

  • wimanya

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    Posted April 6th, 2017 14:00

    could be, but that's not solving an issue. Any ideas how to make this post being noticed by dell/alienware support?

  • Carbon Based Lifeform

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    Posted April 6th, 2017 15:00

    what is exactly the issue? what is wrong with Alienware Audio?

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    Posted April 7th, 2017 01:00

    i want to separate front panel jack from back panel jack, so i can adjust the sound separately. I have speakers in front and headphones in back, but it plays sound in only speakers/headphones without any control