I have Mid-2012 Macbook Pro with a SSD drive installed. I installed a fresh windows 7 64bit pro and now I get this error when trying to open the bootcamp control panel.
"an error occurred while trying to access the startup disk settings"
I want to be able to right click Restart in Mac OS X but this doesn't work. It boots to a white screen and then it goes to windows again.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), 2007 Macbook Pro
When the Boot Camp drivers are installed, they are installed for all users silently, because it is done as a part of the Windows installation, before any user accounts have been created.
The following snippet is from the AutoUnattend.xml on the USB Installer. See the highlighted part. This is from a W8 USB Installer built using BCA and an W8.1 64-bit ISO.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup"processorArchitecture="amd64"publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"language="neutral"versionScope="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<UserData>
<ProductKey>
<WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
</ProductKey>
</UserData>
<UpgradeData>
<Upgrade>true</Upgrade>
<WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
</UpgradeData>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE"processorArchitecture="amd64"publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"language="neutral"versionScope="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DriverPaths>
<PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1" wcm:action="add">
<Path>$WinPEDriver$</Path>
</PathAndCredentials>
</DriverPaths>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment"processorArchitecture="amd64"publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"language="neutral"versionScope="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RunSynchronous>
<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<Path>cmd /c "FOR %i IN (X F E D C) DO (FOR /F "tokens=6" %t in ('vol %i:') do (IF /I %t NEQ "" (IF EXIST %i:\BootCamp\BootCamp.xml Reg ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" /v AppsRoot /t REG_SZ /d %i /f )))"</Path>
</RunSynchronousCommand>
</RunSynchronous>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup"processorArchitecture="amd64"publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"language="neutral"versionScope="nonSxS"xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<FirstLogonCommands>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Description>AMD CCC Setup</Description>
<CommandLine>%AppsRoot%:\BootCamp\Drivers\ATI\ATIGraphics\Bin64\ATISetup.exe -Install</CommandLine>
<Order>1</Order>
<RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Description>BootCamp setup</Description>
<CommandLine>%AppsRoot%:\BootCamp\setup.exe</CommandLine>
<Order>2</Order>
<RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
</FirstLogonCommands>
</component>
</settings>
</unattend>
Can you check your Windows Installer USB for this file? You may not have one for W7 64-bit. This is what I have on a W7 USB.
I used a USB2 flash driver and after a fresh clean install after removing the old windows partiontion with BCA the error is still present. I still can't not open the bootcamp control panle and the right click boot into Mac OS X does not work.
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You will need to reset SMC.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support
How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
Are the Bootcamp Drives installed on the Windows side? Do you have a Boot Camp option in Control Panel -> System?
Please download System requirements to install Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp - Apple Support for your specific Mac year/model. Once you have the appropriate drivers then Boot Camp: Install or repair Boot Camp drivers.
Post back, if you still run into issues.
For MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) - Technical Specifications , the BC drivers are Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621. Download these to the Mac on the Windows side, since your Wireless/Wired connection is working. From Control Panel -> Programs (or Add/Remove Programs), remove all Apple software individually. This will make your Mac not be able to connect to USB and/or network. Use the downloaded BC drivers and run setup.exe from the Bootcamp folder. This is to remove any corrupted drivers. You may want to create a System Restore point before you do any of these.
From MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) - Technical Specifications, you have
Graphics and video support
NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory5
From MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) - Technical Specifications
Graphics and Video Support
Intel HD Graphics 4000
These also provide AHCI functions. If you move a disk between the two systems, the BC Restart OSX Option needs to communicate with firmware, which may be causing you the most grief. I will check my 2012 MBP at home and see what other areas/drivers can cause problems.
The SATA controllers are very different in these two machines.
Yes I do the problem is unless you create a shortcut to run as a user you can't open it. The other issue is the startup disk tab is never an option. You just can't reboot into Mac OS from Windows unless you do a restart and hold the option button.
I was think and maybe this doesn't matter but this is the pattern of how this all went down.
I had a Macbook Pro 2010 with bootcamp windows 7 64bit and Mac os 10.10 installed on a SSD. I then got a different Macbook Pro 2012 moved the drive to that one. I had to do a clean install of Windows 7 64bit this error started then. I then decided to do a fresh install of Mac Os as well. So maybe I need to do a fresh install on both at the same time. So a fresh install of Mac and then create a bootcamp with windows 7 64bit. Thoughts?
appleexpert1 wrote:
Read this:
http://blogote.com/apple/solution-unable-to-access-boot-camp-control-panel-on-wi ndows-8-os/27397/
The initial silent install for all users failed. 😟. But good to know a potential work-around. Thanks.
I can have a workaround for getting to the settings to change the trackpad and etc. I want to be able to right click and boot into Mac OS X. I still do know why this happens. Is my Solid State Drive causing the issue?
I use a Samsung 840 Pro in a 2012 MBP, and I can do this without any issues. The clean install of OS X would allow OS X to be active from a non-SSD drive. Have you tried the blog method that you linked to? You may also want to check if there are any events in Event Viewer related to the Bootcamp.
Can you also check if AHCI mode is enabled for your SSD?
This is what I have:
How can I tell if AHCI mode is enabled.
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Your Mac is a preUEFI model. From Bootcamp Info.plist...
<key>PreUEFIModels</key>
<array>
<string>MacBook7</string>
<string>MacBookAir5</string>
<string>MacBookPro10</string>
<string>MacPro5</string>
<string>Macmini6</string>
<string>iMac13</string>
</array>
UEFI will cause more problems. Can you delete Windows via BCA and re-install it from scratch again?
I tried to duplicate your problem with a clean install of W7 64-bit, and it works properly. Apart from the System Tray icon not working, does the Control Panel -> System -> Boot Camp also generate the same error? What is the version of Bootcamp.exe on your Windows installation?
Boot Camp Control Panel Windows 7 64Bit
