V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
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Q: A NEW TRACKPAD DRIVER IS OUT

I've got a good news for Macbook Pro / Air owners: a new multitouch trackpad driver for Windows 7 is out.

This driver (codenamed 'Trackpad++') neither contains, nor modifies the original Apple code.
However, it relies on Apple drivers stack for raw hardware access, that's why Boot Camp 3.1 shall be installed first.

Features of the Trackpad++ driver (vs. Boot Camp 3.1 driver):

1. Improved pointer ballistics (pointer movement can be very slow or very fast, depending on the finger speed);

2. Dramatically improved two-finger scrolling experience: Mac OS X-similar (accelerated) scrolling model implemented;

3. Elimination of the most annoying Windows issue of Apple Multitouch Trackpad, i.e. false detection of drag'n'drop actions;

4. Trackpad++ Control Module for adjusting the Trackpad settings.

Supported Macbook Pro generations: Early 2008, Late 2008, Early 2009, Mid 2009;
Supported Macbook Air generations: all generations;
Supported Windows versions: Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit (Boot Camp 3.1 shall be installed first).

You may visit http://trackpad.powerplan7.com for details.

Just by the way: there was an extensive beta-testing phase, and a lot of volunteers have tried Trackpad++ already, so I can assure You that the driver is rock-stable.

P.S. I wrote this driver. My another project is Power Plan Assistant - a popular utility for Boot Camp-enabled Macbook Pro and Air notebooks.

Cheers, and enjoy Trackpad++, something Apple definitely have had to implement a while ago... but I know and You know - it never would...

Posted on May 21, 2010 1:05 AM

by Vlad-imir,Solvedanswer
Vlad-imir Vlad-imir
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A:

@ALL: I recommend to verify the installer with VirusTotal.com, you will see that the package is 100% clean, as reported by more than 50 antivirus and antimalware engines. As for the reputation scores, they are not the best measure - e.g. I update the files weekly, so there will never be enough users of the same (bit exact) executable to really gain the reputation thing, as calculated by some institutions. Website hosting location does not really matter, because the files are anyways hosted via FileCluster.com, with the mirrors both in the USA and EU.

 

Yes, I agree, the thread is too old, and too outdated. Not only the first pages, but I would say pages 1 to 60 contain the discussions which are not relevant anymore. The software has evolved dramatically, and now has the simple automatic installation, fully configurable multitouch gestures, etc., etc. - all of the things it had obviously missed initially.

 

So I feel it's time to close the topic. I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the discussion! For any questions, feedback, critics :), please feel free to contact me directly via support email.

 

Cheers,

Vladimir

Posted on Jul 21, 2014 2:46 AM

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  • by JPOPatents,

    JPOPatents JPOPatents Mar 2, 2011 7:01 AM in response to Skye19
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    Mar 2, 2011 7:01 AM in response to Skye19
    There's your problem ... the bcdedit fix disables the driver.

  • by JPOPatents,

    JPOPatents JPOPatents Mar 2, 2011 7:07 AM in response to Skye19
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    Mar 2, 2011 7:07 AM in response to Skye19
    Here's the bad news. Once you uninstall the driver, reinstallation fails. Also, Vladimir hasn't given us a way to rollback the driver from trackpad++ to the original driver. In other words, there is no real way to completely uninstall the software and drivers to get back to where you started.

    What I had to do when I experienced this problem was to uninstall Power Plan Assistant and Trackpad++, clean out the registry of all traces of those programs, uninstall ALL mouse drivers, restart Windows 7 to let it redetect devices, and then run the bootcamp driver DVD again. Then I was able to reinstall Power Plan Assistant and Trackpad++.

  • by Skye19,

    Skye19 Skye19 Mar 4, 2011 12:46 AM in response to JPOPatents
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    Mar 4, 2011 12:46 AM in response to JPOPatents
    thanks for your help.

    one question - if I start again and am able to install the driver again successfully, will I have the "test mode" message in the lower right corner of my screen since I have SP 1 installed now. That is the reason I did the bcdedit fix.

    I think I'd rather use the bootcamp drivers that have that message on my desktop constantly. Pity it can't be removed without affecting the Trackpad++ driver.

  • by JPOPatents,

    JPOPatents JPOPatents Mar 5, 2011 12:59 PM in response to Skye19
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    Mar 5, 2011 12:59 PM in response to Skye19
    Yes, unfortunately, you will see the test mode message again.

  • by StenDK,

    StenDK StenDK Mar 7, 2011 8:01 PM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
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    Mar 7, 2011 8:01 PM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
    I have relied on the weekly update of Trackpad ++ Control Module, but no update for 2 weeks. The tool is nice, but without an active Trackpad ++ I am stucked with the tap features, and it makes me crazy. I want to disable the tap feature, but cannot do it in the basic Windows 7 driver and with no new Trackpad Control module I am trapped. Any hints? This tap is a real pain, probably because my fingers are to bulky and keep touching the pad

  • by jg7424,

    jg7424 jg7424 Mar 13, 2011 8:12 PM in response to JPOPatents
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    Mar 13, 2011 8:12 PM in response to JPOPatents
    {quote:title=JPOPatents wrote:}Here's the bad news. Once you uninstall the driver, reinstallation fails. Also, Vladimir hasn't given us a way to rollback the driver from trackpad++ to the original driver. In other words, there is no real way to completely uninstall the software and drivers to get back to where you started.

    What I had to do when I experienced this problem was to uninstall Power Plan Assistant and Trackpad++, clean out the registry of all traces of those programs, uninstall ALL mouse drivers, restart Windows 7 to let it redetect devices, and then run the bootcamp driver DVD again. Then I was able to reinstall Power Plan Assistant and Trackpad++.{quote}

    I'm trying to go back to just using the trackpad with the Boot Camp drivers. I uninstalled Trackpad++ and Power Plan, and now all multi-touch gestures are not working. I tried rolling back all the drivers, removing the drivers, reinstalling the drivers... but nothing is working.
    Help!

    Message was edited by: jg7424

  • by JPOPatents,

    JPOPatents JPOPatents Mar 14, 2011 6:38 PM in response to jg7424
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    Mar 14, 2011 6:38 PM in response to jg7424
    Well, you don't get any multi-touch gestures in Windows 7 except for scrolling.

    Go to device manager and expand "mice and other pointing devices". Next, delete (uninstall) all of the HID complaint interfaces. Next, go to the action tab and scan for hardware changes. The drivers will come back. Next, run the bootcamp driver DVD and select repair. I've done this several times.

  • by jg7424,

    jg7424 jg7424 Mar 14, 2011 6:56 PM in response to JPOPatents
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    Mar 14, 2011 6:56 PM in response to JPOPatents
    After the driver-uninstalling and BootCamp-repairing, I was able to do two-finger scrolling, but the other essential multi-touch gesture, right-clicking, wasn't working.

    I ended up just removing the Windows partition and re-installing via Boot Camp. Not a big deal, since I hadn't done much in Windows on the Air (nor much of anything else, having just gotten the Air last week!). When I reinstalled, I did not update Boot Camp, and the trackpad seems to be working fine so far with two-finger scrolling & clicking. But I won't attempt to install Trackpad++ again. Whatever extras are provided just isn't worth the uninstall hassles.

  • by V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r,

    V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r Mar 15, 2011 6:48 AM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
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    Mar 15, 2011 6:48 AM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
    Hello Everybody,

    Here is a watermark-free, "one-click" re-enabler of the Trackpad++ driver, targeted to fix the Windows 7 x64 SP1 issue:

    http://www.powerplan7.com/Windows 7 x64 SP1 Unsigned Drivers Fix.zip

    Usage: unzip, copy BOTH OF THE FILES (the fix executable and its manifest) to C:\Program Files\PowerPlanAssistant, then run the fix from PPA folder (C:\Program Files\PowerPlanAssistant). After restart, unsigned drivers will be allowed again. No watermark, no issues. Everything as it was before SP1.

  • by suchy101,

    suchy101 suchy101 Mar 15, 2011 12:03 PM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
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    Mar 15, 2011 12:03 PM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
    okay I need help.

    Tried to install trackpad++ driver. Did everything by-the-book (PowerPlan first, driver, first HID device etc..) BUT as soon as I installed the driver trackpad stopped working alltogether. What is up ?

    Tried uninstalling, reinstalling back and forth, I did install this lated fix from a post above - nothing. Howcome ?

  • by V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r,

    V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r Mar 16, 2011 6:23 AM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
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    Mar 16, 2011 6:23 AM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
    Trackpad++ installation simply cannot lead to such behavior.
    With or without Trackpad++, with or without Boot Camp the pointer will work, as it does right after Windows 7 installation and in fact even during its installation! What is the version of the "Apple Multitouch" HID? Could you please refer to Device Manager to get the version. Also, please make sure that in the device manager there are no devices with yellow exclamation mark.

    IMPORTANT:
    Please note, the people who install Trackpad++ FOR THE FIRST TIME on Windows 7 x64 SP1 do not require the fix at all It is required only for the people who had Trackpad++ installed already (i.e. when Trackpad++ was installed prior to SP1)!

  • by alex_schmidt,

    alex_schmidt alex_schmidt Mar 18, 2011 4:49 AM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
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    Mar 18, 2011 4:49 AM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
    V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r, what hinders to adapt the driver for the Magic Trackpad earlier - for example by April, 1st?

  • by JPOPatents,

    JPOPatents JPOPatents Mar 24, 2011 7:10 AM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
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    Mar 24, 2011 7:10 AM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
    Vladimir,

    That fixed it! Thanks for getting rid of the test mode message.

  • by thefa,

    thefa thefa Mar 24, 2011 3:17 PM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
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    Mar 24, 2011 3:17 PM in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
    Hi everyone,

    I just installed Trackpad++ from the Admin account and it seemed to work okay. Now when I login with the "standard" user account, I get an error when logging in and trackpad++ assistant module seems simply not available...

    Do I miss something obvious...

    Thanks,

  • by thefa,

    thefa thefa Mar 24, 2011 10:58 PM in response to thefa
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    Mar 24, 2011 10:58 PM in response to thefa
    This is the dump of the error I'm getting:


    See the end of this message for details on invoking
    just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

    ************ Exception Text ************
    System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
    at .(Object , EventArgs )
    at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
    at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


    ************ Loaded Assemblies ************
    mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
    ----------------------------------------
    Trackpad++ Control Module
    Assembly Version: 1.2.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.2.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/TrackpadPlusPlus/Trackpad++%20Control%20Module.exe
    ----------------------------------------
    System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GACMSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0_b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
    ----------------------------------------
    System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GACMSIL/System/2.0.0.0_b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
    ----------------------------------------
    System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GACMSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0_b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
    ----------------------------------------
    ModifyRegistry
    Assembly Version: 1.0.3516.24642
    Win32 Version: 1.0.3516.24642
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/TrackpadPlusPlus/ModifyRegistry.DLL
    ----------------------------------------
    ComponentFactory.Krypton.Toolkit
    Assembly Version: 4.1.1.0
    Win32 Version: 4.1.1.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/TrackpadPlusPlus/ComponentFactory.Krypton.Toolkit.DLL
    ----------------------------------------

    ************ JIT Debugging ************
    To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
    application or computer (machine.config) must have the
    jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
    The application must also be compiled with debugging
    enabled.

    For example:

    <configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
    </configuration>

    When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
    will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
    rather than be handled by this dialog box.
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