No Right-Click or Two-Finger Scroll in Boot Camp

I have had an odd problem. It looks like others are seeing this too, but I wanted to record my observations.

Recently I have begun to notice that after booting into Windows 7 Pro (64-bit), I will briefly have two-finger right-click and two-finger scroll capabilities, but then these just go away. I have tried deleting the trackpad drivers that came with Boot Camp 3.2 per what I have seen on other threads, but that makes no difference. I also downloaded and reinstalled Boot Camp 3.2/64-bit; again, no difference.

If anyone has any ideas, I would be happy to entertain them. Thanks!

2.4GHz MBP Early 2008, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 15" | 4GB RAM | 200GB HDD

Posted on Jan 21, 2011 8:46 AM

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Jan 21, 2011 5:36 PM in response to briangisguy

Ok this situation appears resolved on my MBPro so here is my handy guide.

1) Visit Apples Product Support Page and Download this AppleBCUpdate Windows Executable

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL874

a) Download AppleBCUpdate.exe

2) Visit RarLabs and Download a Shiny New Binarry of WinRAR (Demo/ShareWare)

a) http://rarlabs.com/download.htm

b) Be sure to get the Latest WinRAR 64x Version

3) Visit your AppleBCUpdate.exe download location and Extract the Internal Driver Files (NOTE: This APP Will NOT Execute on a Windows 7 x64 Machine simply use WinRAR to UNARCHIVE)

a) Right-Click AppleBCUpdate.exe, Select Extract Files Here

b) Navigate to the New Foldier Created by WinRAR's Unarchive of AppleBCUpdate.exe (P.S. It should be named 'AppleBCUpdate')

c) Locate AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64.exe

* Right-Click this program and also Extract Files Here (that is use WinRAR to unarchive)

d) Navigate to 'AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64'

* See the Lovely Driver Files??? :B

4) Perform a Manual Install of the AppleMTP64 (This is your working x64 Multi-Touch TrackPad Driver)

a) Visit StartMenu->Computer

b) (Right-Click) Select 'Properties'

c) Select 'Device Manager'

d) Select the 'Human Interface Devices" Tab

* Target -> "Apple Multitouch" driver

* Note: This Driver may say something similar like: "Apple Touchpad"

* Tip: Make Sure it is NOT: Apple Keyboard, Mouse, IR Receiver, Wireless Mouse, Bluetooth Controll Receiver, or any of those other 'HID-Compliant Devices'

* Once you have Determined Your Driver the -FUN- Begins 😎

5) Select 'Update Driver'

a) Use the "Browse My Computer For Software" option (Manditory)

b) Select "Let Me Pick a List of Drivers for My Software" (Or whatever it says)

c) Select "Have Disk" Button and Point to the Location of "AppleMTP64"

* This driver means "Apple Multi Touch Pad 64" NOTE: Do not use AppleMTM64 as that is a Mouse Driver (..and using that driver is an erronius procedure )

d) Once the Driver is Loaded "Apple Multitouch" should be listed as a compatable Driver.

* This is the Updated Version of the Best Working Driver

6) Reboot and Enjoy


ATTN: I belive this problem is cause by two Factors

1) Apple did not build an Executable for Updating Windows 7 64bit with ApplePCUpdate 1.1

* You have to extract all the special files to get it to work

2) Window 7 'as-cool-as-it-might-be' does not always utalize the 'Best' Driver for your system, as so prevailantly obvious for their systems.

ALSO:

Visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1066 to Update your MultiTouch TrackPad for MacOSX (it may help)

Above all I have tested this workaround a little bit and it appears to be working pretty good. ("p)

Feb 1, 2011 9:58 AM in response to Esper108

Thanks for the tip. Finally found a chance to try this this morning, and it did not change anything. I also found it ironic that the directions called for right-clicking on things when a lack of right-click ability was exactly one of the things I was trying to solve. Oh well, I'll keep looking for a solution, or hope that Apple pushes a BootCamp update out soon. Thanks anyway!

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