Which audio driver and maually installing Realtek Audio Control app

My motherboard is an MSI MEG Z790 Ace. It has an ALC4082 Audio codec.
So this is a USB Audio codec the driver for which is the 6.9600.2353 driver (17mb). I do not need the other UAD drivers like the 6.0.9394.1 drivers, right?

I've installed the USB Audio driver only. I wish to now install the Realtek Audio Control App. My PCs do not have access to the MS Store. I have downloaded the appx files from another source.

I have

Code:

Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.32530.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx
Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.32530.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx
RealtekSemiconductorCorp.RealtekAudioControl_1.44.302.0_neutral_~_dt26b99r8h8gj.AppxBundle

To install I use DISM...

Code:

DISM.exe /Online /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackagePath:RealtekSemiconductorCorp.RealtekAudioControl_1.44.302.0_neutral_~_dt26b99r8h8gj.AppxBundle /DependencyPackagePath:Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.32530.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx /skiplicense
DISM.exe /Online /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackagePath:RealtekSemiconductorCorp.RealtekAudioControl_1.44.302.0_neutral_~_dt26b99r8h8gj.AppxBundle /DependencyPackagePath:Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.32530.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx /skiplicense

Despite DISM responding the command completed successfully, I cannot find the Audio Control App.
Nothing appears in Programs and Features, but in settings I see whats shown in the below images.

DISM Has a warning and a couple of other messages. I don't know if these indicate a problem, or if they are expected..

Code:

2023-08-03 15:15:58, Warning               DISM   DISM Provider Store: PID=3504 TID=2544 Failed to load the provider: G:\Temp2\FCFEFD86-96E8-4266-AD47-A2BCEC6B687C\EmbeddedProvider.dll. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_GetProvider(hr:0x8007007e)
2023-08-03 15:15:58, Info                  DISM   DISM Appx Provider: PID=3504 TID=2544 onecore\admin\appmodel\utilities\provisionhelper\msixpackageadapter.cpp (1117) - MsixPackage::Provisioning::Library::MsixPackageAdapter::IsDependencyTargetPackage [Msg] - No package reader found for RealtekSemiconductorCorp.RealtekAudioControl_1.44.302.0_neutral_~_dt26b99r8h8gj, expected for bundles. - CAppxManager::InformationLoggingCallback
2023-08-03 15:15:58, Info                  DISM   DISM Appx Provider: PID=3504 TID=2544 onecore\admin\appmodel\utilities\provisionhelper\msixpackageadapter.cpp (1518) - MsixPackage::Provisioning::Library::MsixPackageAdapter::IsPackageFramework [Msg] - No package reader found for RealtekSemiconductorCorp.RealtekAudioControl_1.44.302.0_neutral_~_dt26b99r8h8gj, expected for bundles. - CAppxManager::InformationLoggingCallback
2023-08-03 15:15:58, Info                  DISM   DISM Appx Provider: PID=3504 TID=2544 onecore\admin\appmodel\utilities\provisionhelper\msixpackageadapter.cpp (1117) - MsixPackage::Provisioning::Library::MsixPackageAdapter::IsDependencyTargetPackage [Msg] - No package reader found for RealtekSemiconductorCorp.RealtekAudioControl_1.44.302.0_neutral_~_dt26b99r8h8gj, expected for bundles. - CAppxManager::InformationLoggingCallback
2023-08-03 15:15:58, Info                  DISM   DISM Appx Provider: PID=3504 TID=2544 onecore\admin\appmodel\utilities\provisionhelper\msixpackageadapter.cpp (1518) - MsixPackage::Provisioning::Library::MsixPackageAdapter::IsPackageFramework [Msg] - No package reader found for RealtekSemiconductorCorp.RealtekAudioControl_1.44.302.0_neutral_~_dt26b99r8h8gj, expected for bundles. - CAppxManager::InformationLoggingCallback

How do I get the Realtek Audio Control app to work?

Up to now I've stuck with the HDA drivers as I used the Realtek Audio Manager regularly (with an ALC1220 codec), but that will not install with this motherboard.

Chocolaty? WinGet?

F22 Simpilot said:

Chocolaty? WinGet?

:) I need the store to "get" winget.

Never heard of Chocolatey. Will have a look. thanks.

Scroll down... How to install winget on Windows 11, 10 - Pureinfotech

Well, this is all I got on the Chocolatey front. Chocolatey Software | Packages matching realtek

Reading the Winget Page linked to it says I need to download App installer from store so that I can install Winget. This is so ridiculous.

Anyway, I tried via powershell and got the error

Code:

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF3, Package failed updates, dependency or conflict
validation.
Windows cannot install package Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.20.1881.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because this package
depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework "Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7" published by
"CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US", with neutral or x64 processor
architecture and minimum version 7.2109.13004.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with name
"Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7" currently installed are: {}
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 6ebcd9f3-c5f1-0015-5aaa-be6ef1c5d901 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 6ebcd9f3-c5f1-0015-5aaa-be6ef1c5d901
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -Path Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msi ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (E:\Microsoft.De...bbwe.msixbundle:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

It's late. I will pick this up again tomorrow and track down Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.7.

Ridiculous is the middle name for Microsoft, Google, Apple, you name it. I deal with that kind of crap on a day by day basis.

F22 Simpilot said:

Ridiculous is the middle name for Microsoft, Google, Apple, you name it. I deal with that kind of crap on a day by day basis.

You are so right.

Well, it's nice to have a member of the club...

I am so over this "over complication of simple tasks" that M$ keeps forcing on us.
It used to be real simple. You install a driver. It works. None of this have to have a store, a tracking account and 24 pink elephants so you can install a split out functionally retarded part of what was once a whole driver...

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The problem with the darned HDA driver is that the HD Audio manager wont install. Well, I'm not having any more luck getting the Audio Console to work eitherwith the USB driver. It just crashes with an "Unable to start a DCOM server...."...

Can I just run HDA drivers over an ALC408x and be done with it?

No idea, sorry.