I just got a notification from the Windows Store, that the Realtek Audio Control app had been installed, do I want to try it…
The problem? I haven’t even opened the Windows Store app in the last 2 months!
WTF?
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infloop
Premium Member02 April, 2019 - 1:12 am
<p>I'm not 100% on this, but I recall Windows doing that if you have a device that has a corresponding Store app, which gets automatically installed along with the device drivers.</p>
<blockquote><em><a href="#417527">In reply to infloop:</a></em></blockquote><p>That might be a possibility. I updated the mainboard drivers at the weekend and it has a Realtek audio chip on board.</p><p>Even so, it shouldn't install anything without first asking…</p>
<blockquote><em><a href="#417690">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>Yes and no, I asked it to install the driver. It never mentioned it was going to download an app behind my back and it never asked for permission to load the app.</p>
<p>This is part of the new '<a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/develop/getting-started-with-universal-drivers" target="_blank">universal windows drivers</a>' model. The driver must be split in two – 1) the driver itself, and 2) its accompanying app. The accompanying app must be listed and installed/updated via the Windows Store. Installing one of these new drivers will automatically retrieve the accompanying app from the store, which is what you are seeing.</p>
<blockquote><em><a href="#417539">In reply to codymesh:</a></em></blockquote><blockquote><em>I was wondering when driver apps would move to the store, I like it.</em></blockquote><p><br></p>