AzMixerSel.exe not always loading at boot-up

Equipment and relevant software: Acer Aspire 9500, Windows XP SP2, Realtek
High Definition Audio.

When the computer is cold booted sometimes there is a message
"AzMixerSel.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.", hot
rebooting usually temporarily resolves the problem.

AZMixerSel.exe has been traced to the folder C:\Program Files\Realtek\
InstallShield, at the same time I noticed there is a second Realtek
installshield folder located at C:\Program files\Realtek\Audio\InstallShield
which does not have AzMixerSel.exe file.

The computer is outside the guarantee period, can anyone suggest a possible
solution for my problem?

Andrea

Andrea

You might use Autoruns to see if you find where AzMixerSel.exe loads
from and which folder the start up points to:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/Autoruns.mspx

With Autoruns you can uncheck an item, which disables it from starting,
or you can can right click an item and then delete it. If you uncheck
you can recheck to re-enable the item. It is a much safer approach than
editing the Registry. Another useful feature of the programme is that
you can right click an item and select Search Online to get information
about the item selected.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Andrea wrote:
> Equipment and relevant software: Acer Aspire 9500, Windows XP SP2,
> Realtek High Definition Audio.
>
> When the computer is cold booted sometimes there is a message
> "AzMixerSel.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.", hot
> rebooting usually temporarily resolves the problem.
>
> AZMixerSel.exe has been traced to the folder C:\Program Files\Realtek\
> InstallShield, at the same time I noticed there is a second Realtek
> installshield folder located at C:\Program
> files\Realtek\Audio\InstallShield which does not have AzMixerSel.exe
> file.
> The computer is outside the guarantee period, can anyone suggest a
> possible solution for my problem?
>
> Andrea