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Many many thanks, I was having the same issue and pulling my hair out trying to get the boot camp driver package to work. It nearly got to the point where I just thought, just get rid of it and not to bother. Tried installing all sorts of versions of Boot Camp divers nothing worked. So thanks again your a life saver.

Hi everybody,

Had same issue with audio driver getting stuck during install. Now all is installed and properly working, only audio is still not working. There are drivers installed, but they seem not to work. Is there a possibility to install the drivers afterwards?

Thanks for your help!

I had to run a search for "Realtek" and it was buried ridiculously deep -- c:\Windows.old, etc. Following the steps here did allow the Boot Camp installer to finish, though, so thanks for the tip! Restarting now - fingers crossed.

This post is very helpful. It should be posted on Apple's board since it is a workaround for the hang. After the realtek hang is bypassed and the rest of the script runs this solves a number of problems with the mssing audio driver (cirrus) and it sets the time and other keyboard functions correctly, such as volume and brightness.

This is driving me crazy :-( how do I find the wininstall ?

Tried finding all the other options where is control .? I can only find control panel

Cannot find bootcamp on windows page ?

Cannot see more details on setup page ?

Thought this was meant to be straightforward .........

Using a new 15' macbook pro retina with graphics card and the latest windows 10 download

I have loaded windows cancelled bootcamp on my thumbdrive but still no wininstall ? I tried windows then boot but no drivers option .? Tried searching usb drive for wininstall and drivers but nothing ?. Where am i going wrong ?????

I have a usb with window on that is not the issue just spent 90 mins on phone with apple advisor !! Will be throwing this macbook out the window soon grrrrrrr I cannot find the realtek drivers or the wininstall on my usb ?.......7 hours in total trying to get this sorted and still nothing can anyone talk me through it step by step with options that actually appear on my Macbook instead of quoting folders that are nowhere to be found If so I would be forever gratefull :-)

1. If you have a USB Installer, you should be able to find the RealTek driver as highlighted below. Your USB may have different folders in $WinPEDriver$ than what I have, because they are driven by Mac Model.

2. If you do not have the BC drivers appropriate for your Mac on a USB, in El Capitan (prior BC versions also provide the same functionality), you can download them to a USB using

Roocarl, all I can say is that the solution offered by Lincizy, with the helpful addition by jmwils1, indeed works. Unfortunately, Apple support do not seem to be familiar with it. I only found this thread via desperate googling one day too late. The initial advice from Apple support was to switch off the MacBook (by holding down the power button) when the Realtek audio driver installation froze, which, of course, was exactly what Lincizy warns us not to do.

Well, it was too late for me (MacBook 12 Retina here), so I was forced to run a full circle around to the same place, only after reinstalling Windows 10 with much trouble, and losing several hours over it. (Because it's impossible to have the MacBook charged, as the second Windows 10 installation for some reason required from me, and connected to a flash drive at the same time with the single provided USB-C cable.) Then, I was back to the original issue: Realtek audio driver installation once again froze on me just like the first time, but this time, I followed the solution brought by Lincizy, and everything went smoothly after that.

Many thanks again to Lincizy and jmwils1! 🙂

I feel dense but I'm just not getting this. I'm not a windows guy, but I need to use it.

I had Windows 7 running via bootcamp with no problems. I followed the prompts to upgrade to windows 10 and started to have WiFi disconnects. I ran Apple Software Update, and I was offered the Boot Camp 6 Update for Windows 10. When I install it, over a gig worth of files download, and a simple "Installing" dialog appears. The screen blinks a couple of times, then I get a "Windows installer has stopped working, close the program" box.

I see nothing to indicate it is hanging at Realtek drivers.

Nonetheless, I search c: for Realtek and found a RealTekSetup. I run it. I go to task manager and I force it to quit when it prompts me to restart. Nothing additional happens with the Apple Software Update.

I just don't see what is being described in this article.

If I force Apple Software Update to quit, it won't offer me Boot Camp 6 for Windows 10 again unless I go into Windows 10 settings, Apps, and choose to reinstall the Apple Application Support (64-bit) item, which further prompts to revert the aborted installation (presumably the one that failed from Apple Software Update.

I appreciate any help if you can give it. I'm a bit lost in the woods here. Thanks.

If you upgraded from W7 to W10, check Device Manager for any unknown devices (yellow triangle with exclamation mark). If there are any, you need to apple BC6 Drivers package by running setup.exe in Bootcamp folder (if BC6 drivers came from the BC Assistant) or run Apple Software Update and get BC6 drivers directly on the Windows side. The RealTek driver may not apply to you, because it depends on your specific Mac year/model and whether it contains any such devices. Typically, Macs containing AMD GPUs have RealTek devices, while nVidia GPUs come with Cirrus devices or nVidia's HD Audio hardware.

Getting Closer thanks Loner T i downloaded the support software and tried the method suggested on this thread It worked No stalling on Real tek . I thought thank god finally ! Boot camp then ran successfuly . BUT NO I STILL CANNOT RIGHT CLICK OR SCROLL ON TRACKPAD back to square one ...... arghhhhhhhh

Thanks Loner i found some previous advice you gave someone

In Control Panel -> System -> Boot Camp -> Keyboard what are the settings for the checkbox?

Check the Trackpad setting in the TrackPad. Please see Boot Camp: Set trackpad options for available Trackpad options

Which worked :-)

I now have right click and scroll

Getting there but Edge has an issue i when i try to close it the edge screen will not close ! The cross in the corner just turns screen white you can type in search bar but nothing comes up and you cannot close it .

At least i feel like I am getting somewhere with the help of Loner :-) just a shame as one problem solved another appears .....

Thanks Loner, but when i try downloading support software in my flash drive after downloading some content it says can't download on selected drive. I tried all the other options suggested above its not working, please help.

Thanks

my bootcamp installation did not complete right and now I dont have a shared folder with my windows partition. It happend to me like they previously mentioned, that the boot was stuck on real tek audio... But the problem is that I closed it down... How do I do now? do I reboot the whole thing?