Trackpad++: Alternate Trackpad Driver for BootCamp

I've lost 4-finger gestures on my Trackpad w/ Trackpad++. It was working the other day. I install the latest Trackpad++ and Power Plan Assistant, but still doesn't work. I could try a full uninstall and re-install on each, but need to find my registration codes first.

Any ideas Vladimir?

Steve

Edit: I was able to straighten things out about uninstalling Trackpad++ and Power Plan Assistant. Then I did a repair on the Apple Bootcamp drivers. Then I re-installed Power Plan Assistant and then Trackpad++. Now the Trackpad is working properly.

Trackpad is TOO Sensitive

Is there a way to dial back the sensitivity of the trackpad? It senses a brush as a tap. I'm accidentally opening programs and clicking on links when I don't want to.

Please help! Test Mode! (Windows 8.1, Macbook Pro 2014 model)

V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r said:

@Chip Moody, @ender7: Here is a small standalone fix (cooked by me) http://powerplan7.com/Windows_8_81_x64_Test_Mode_Remover.zip (Usage: unzip, run as administrator, reboot). You can use it whenever some Windows update reverts the setting, which may happen only with very major updates, 1-2 times per year.

@DaveNinja: It's an ultimate manual/automatic power plan switcher with a compact yet very informative battery icon replacement option and some Macbook-specific enhancements (like the instant keyboard backlight toggle, wi-fi/bluetooth radio toggles). Here are the 'left-click' and 'right-click' Power Plan Assistant's popup menus (i.e. what you get by clicking its battery percentage icon):

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I have tried EVERYTHING! I've read this entire thread Still have "Test Mode Windows 8.1 Build 9600" showing.

To confirm for you, I have done all of the following:

1. Installed Power Plan Assistant v3.1 (working fine)
2. Installed TP ++ (working fine)
3. Downloaded above mentioned zip. and extracted all files
4. Ran as administrator and rebooted computer numerous times.

Still no luck!! Please help me



I don't actually think the exe. is running? It quickly opens up what looks like cmd promt, says

"Windows 8 x64 - Remove Test Mode Nag Message.
Could not detect locale for resolving watermarks! Tried en-US and en-AU"

and then closes. When I try to restart I am getting this message:

Micrsoft .NET Framework

Unhandled exception has occured in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore the error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.

The process cannot access the file 'C:\Program Files\Boot Camp\Bootcamp.exe' because it is being used by another process.

Needless to say I have been clicking, "Continue." And then restarting.

Near enough, I suppose

Well this is sad. Spent so many hours trying to fix this. And I did fix it: only if I put into US English!? I don't know why it hates UK English or AUS? But anyway, not too pleased. If there is any way around this, please let me know. Otherwise I guess I'll just have ignore spell check from now on!

PowerPlan7 website down

I'm having trouble accessing the site. Anyone else? I just installed Win7 64-bit via Bootcamp and would like to try this app out.

"Test Mode" back...

A recent Win 7 update has brought the "Test Mode" watermark back again. When I try to launch the utility to re-hide it, I get the attached dialog message.

Is there another, newer procedure to fix this?

Thanks,
- Chip

GoSooners said:

I'm having trouble accessing the site. Anyone else? I just installed Win7 64-bit via Bootcamp and would like to try this app out.

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http://www.nextofwindows.com/guide-...sture-not-working-in-windows-7-and-windows-8/

Remenber to install it via desktop.

HI
I'm a new mac user and I should really thank you for your amazing softwares.
If I want to get a serial number for both the trackpad++ and powerplan 7, how much should I donate?!!
Thanks

I don't think I have an inbox or something here. I don't see any!

Trackpad++ Solved my Bootcamp Trackpad Driver Issues

My friend has a 15" MBP, while I have a 13" MBP. I'm an engineering student, and therefore it's helpful to have a Windows partition on my computer as most programs haven't been ported to OS X. However, unlike my friend's MBP W7 partition, which works flawlessly, when I installed Windows onto mine the trackpad wouldn't work at all. The keyboard, audio, and everything else seemed to work perfectly fine. But the trackpad, no matter what drivers I installed from Apple's Software Center, would not work, which is obviously a huge problem. Then I came across Trackpad++: Alternate Trackpad Driver and decided to give it a try since I was pretty desperate, trying anything I came across. It worked like a charm, and now my trackpad is up and running extremely smoothly. I've actually used both my friend's MBP W7 partition in addition to my own and found the Windows 7 trackpad experience was much smoother using Trackpad++ than the default Apple drivers my friend installed when setting up his Bootcamp partition.

V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r said:

@ALL: Could somebody confirm if everything in Trackpad++ works with the new build of Windows 10 Technical Preview? It's build 9926. Thank You.

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I got it to work with Windows 10 Enterprise Technical Preview 9926. But had to run the installation three times. First time got the message about not communicating with driver properly. Since it recommended to reinstall, I did so, reboot, and the same message. Was going to give up but gave it another try and all is working. Is it the known thing? Anyways, thanks for your good work.

V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r said:

@ALL: Could somebody confirm if everything in Trackpad++ works with the new build of Windows 10 Technical Preview? It's build 9926. Thank You.

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There are the following issues with x64 9926 Pro on MacbookPro10.2.

1. Powerplan tries to install OpenCandy PUP (blocked by Malwarebytes).
2. Powerplan gives error below left on install.
3. Powerplan when installed, after reboot keyboard and mouse stop working at all - I needed to repair windows.
4. After fixing windows and rebooting the other error (on right) is received when Powerplan starts:
5. After installing Trackpad++ it seems to work OK however scrolling is very jerky (compared to 5.1 bootcamp drivers)
6. Uninstall leaves "PowerPlanAssistant" in the "Program Files" directory and tasks for both PowerPlan and Trackpad++ in task scheduler.

Just another 5c, on my Late 2013 rMBP Power Plan installed with no errors and no issues. It did display the ****** ad during the install, though. Anyways, I've an antivirus from TrendMicro, and it passed the installation through without warnings.

V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r said:

@Jackeee, @doynton: Thank you for the feedback.

As for the Trackpad++, it has no ads (and never had).

The Power Plan Assistant is the prerequisite for Trackpad++, so let me use this thread for an important announcement. I'll use a bit of the capital letters :

OpenCandy ad platform started to be recognized as adware/malware by too many antivirus products. And I do listen to the community. SO TODAY OPENCANDY ADS SYSTEM HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM POWER PLAN ASSISTANT. THE NEW BUILD FROM 02/26/2015 IS TOTALLY FREE FROM ADS.

And, just, to restate: as for the Trackpad++ itself, it has never had any ads. It has been clean, and still is.

About the Power Plan Assistant and Windows 10 build 9926: installs fine for me, no errors, no warnings. If somebody else is receiving the error messages, please email them to me for further analysis.

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Good for you Vlad, people gladly donate for the truly ads-free apps. Alright, not just 'apps', but supercalifragilistic drivers))) Thanks again for your work on this. Take care. Jack.