Sound Blaster Z Control Panel Not Opening on W10

[domdomrys]

Hey guys, I have upgraded from a Xonar DG sound card (as when it got louder the sound got muddy out of my HD 598s) to a Sound Blaster Z. I tried getting the drivers to work yesterday, as for some reason when I installed the drivers the control panel never wanted to open (it just remained in the task bar). To get it to work I had to first install the non-W10 ones, then the W10 ones and then run the control panel as admin. This works, however every time I want to open it, I have to first kill the control panel process that starts with windows and then run as admin. Even then, it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Can anyone help if I'm doing something wrong? I just want the control panel to work properly.

 

[domdomrys]

Anyone? I sorted the settings out so it sounds fine, but after a restart there's no way I can launch the control panel. As before, it shows up in my taskbar but theere's no actual window showing up.