"rpgs rock dvds" wrote in message
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The driver package for this card installs an unwanted legacy audio
device inside Device Manager. It also adds a "SET BLASTER" line
inside autoexec.bat, which "cancels out" my own SET BLASTER line for
my real SoundBlaster card.

What do you mean your "real Soundblaster card"? If you 've already got your
"real" card in there, why are you installing another driver package for it?
Or do you have TWO Soundblaster cards? What's the difference between the two
Autoexec.bat lines. How does each one read? I peresume they're different?

If I remove the unwanted SET BLASTER line, the legacy audio device
simply adds it back in after a reboot.

Yes, it would do that. Why would you need the SET BLASTER line in
Autoexec.bat if you arne't loading any DOS drivers for the card?

If I remove the legacy audio device from Device Manager (by removing
it from my specific hardware configuration profile), what happens is
that after any reboot, I find that my own specific SET BLASTER line
gets removed!

I would expect that, also.

Now that the legacy audio device has been removed from my specific
hardware configuration profile, how can I stop it continuing to meddle
with my autoexec.bat file?

If the legacy SB device is removed, there shouldn't be any need for any
commands relating to it to be found ANYWHERE, including not in Autoexec.bat.
Why would you think otherwise?

Any thoughts gratefully received. Thank you. Best regards, Robert.

Answers to questioned that have been asked would be greatly appreciciated.
You either have a wrong idea about that line (and any others) in
Autoexec.bat or you really are trying to install two SB cards. You got me
curious as all get out. Are you really installing two sound cards?

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Gary S. Terhune
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