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Trackpad++: Alternate Trackpad Driver for BootCamp

V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r said:
@All: Happy New Year!
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Hello! Please let me know how to enable swipe back and forth with two fingers in Google Chrome. Love your driver, especially ability to engage the Task View with 3 fingers. But is that feature is missing? Macbook Pro 15" (Late-2013), Windows 10 (x64), Trackpad++ (3.1e)
 
This feature is implemented in Trackpad++, but it's disabled by default. In order to enable, please check the self-descriptive checkbox in '2-Finger Gestures' pane of the Trackpad++ Control Module. Also, by default you can go back/forward with 4 fingers, or you can use this gesture for Windows 10 desktops switching. Thank you for the feedback!
 
V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r said:
@Riff_Al: The correct address is http://trackpad.forbootcamp.org (works for me right know, please check).
The Trackpad++ driver is only for Macbook built-in trackpads, i.e. for Macbook / Pro / Air running Windows via Boot Camp.
For the wireless Magic Trackpad I suggest to try the following solution: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...r-gestures-more-now-in-windows.1850762/page-7
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Thank you very much!
This address doesn't work for me, it is very strange.
Also i tried to add http and https before, but nothing helpful.
 
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I'd be curious to hear feedback from those of you running Windows 10 on a 12" MacBook with Trackpad++. I'm a longtime Mac user, but recently switched to a Surface Book. I ordered a MacBook 12", but still undecided if I can put with the keyboard and question how the trackpad will feel, work in Windows 10. Any and all feedback is welcome.
 
@treoguy: I don't have this model, but people who provide the email feedback state the Trackpad++ works smoothly with 12" Macbook and Windows 10. All 2/3/4-finger gestures which Trackpad++ brings to Boot Camp are available for this model as well.
 
How much is minimum donation to receive a serial key for each software - Power Plan Assistant and TouchPad++. I know the recommended, but what is the minimum?
 
Hi Vladimir, Trackpad++ used to be working smoothly; now everytime I hover my mouse on the control module in the notification area, it disappears. Cannot tweak the setting at all. I want the 3-finger drag feature. is there a way to keep control module icon from disappearing or tweak the setting without the control module? Looking forward to hearing from you. I'm using macbook pro (late 2013)
 
@quickgenz: Thank you for interest! Some time ago I was directly and clearly warned by administration that the rules of MacRumors do not allow to talk about this... By responding, the thread can get blocked. So, sorry but I can only respond via email...

@alinato: Thank you for reporting. Nobody else reported this, something happened to your installation only. I recommend to try to delete the folder C:\Program Files\TrackpadPlusPlus and then reinstall the Trackpad++.
 
I see a lot of praise here, so I figure I must be doing something wrong. I mean, trackpad++ works alright, enables things windows doesn't, very cool, but my trackpad (late 2016 15" MBP) still behaves erratically:
- tap to click only works occasionally, apparently turns itself off entirely at times,
- dragging stops seemingly arbitrarily,
- trackpad responds to palm touch,
- sometimes even locks entirely for several seconds...

Is this my system? Something I haven't set up properly in trackpad++? I realize that my laptop is a new addition to the supported systems, could there be a few leftover glitches?
 
mathieut said:
I see a lot of praise here, so I figure I must be doing something wrong. I mean, trackpad++ works alright, enables things windows doesn't, very cool, but my trackpad (late 2016 15" MBP) still behaves erratically:
- tap to click only works occasionally, apparently turns itself off entirely at times,
- dragging stops seemingly arbitrarily,
- trackpad responds to palm touch,
- sometimes even locks entirely for several seconds...

Is this my system? Something I haven't set up properly in trackpad++? I realize that my laptop is a new addition to the supported systems, could there be a few leftover glitches?
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I think the issue is more with TP++ being a higher-level software, and not actually a hardware driver.
I'm sure I'll be corrected if mistaken, but think of it more as an input interceptor (or enhancer); meaning it takes input from the standard driver and interprets it to specific actions.
IMO, it's still much better than the vanilla Apple driver.

Perhaps with tap-to-click, you are running into conflicts between TP++ and the Apple settings?
 
@mathieut: Thank you for reporting! Very-very strange, as so far nobody else had ever reported the problem with tap-to-click, and neither with locking the trackpad. I think that people are overall satisfied, because such basic things being broken would already become the main topic of this discussion thread. As for the new models, the email feedback from the users has also been quite good during the March, April and now May. Based on almost three months of feedback we are sure that the are no noticeable bugs in the recent version for Late-2016 models. With the default configuration of the Trackpad++ Control Module: tap-to-click enabled, 3-finger drag enabled, do you still experience such issues? As for the 2-finger drag: it's not recommended, as it's the feature of Apple's Boot Camp driver, which not allowing the dragging in the upper part of trackpad. Please consider Trackpad++ 3-finger drag instead.

@whiteonline: Please let me explain: Trackpad++ is the real 64-bit kernel-mode driver, focused on a multi-touch functionality which is totally missing in Apple's Boot Camp drivers. Apple's trackpad driver works only as mouse emulator (trackpad device appears in Windows as simple two-button mouse with scroll). Trackpad++ driver integrates itself into existing Boot Camp HID stack, capturing and interpreting the 3/4/5-finger input which is ignored by Apple's driver. The Trackpad++ driver operates on a different level than Boot Camp driver, so it does not cause any conflicts with the Boot Camp driver or its settings. By the way, in case of the device drivers, any conflict typically results in Blue Screen of Death, so we are sure there are no conflicts :)
 
@All: Has somebody received a new Mid-2017 Macbook Pro, either 13" or 15"? If you have the Boot Camp drivers package for the new model, can you please let me know.
All Late-2016 models are supported, but for Mid-2017 the status is not clear yet. As a rule some adjustments are needed to made to make the driver working, even if the trackpad hardware stays the same. That's why talking a look on the Apple Boot Camp drivers folder for Mid-2017 generation might be needed. Thank you!
 
Is MacBook with unibody and multitouch trackpad supported? Is power plan assistant spyware?
 
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@alinato: Thank you for reporting. Nobody else reported this, something happened to your installation only. I recommend to try to delete the folder C:\Program Files\TrackpadPlusPlus and then reinstall the Trackpad++.[/QUOTE]

Dear Validimir, I have now deleted the folder and reinstalled. The installation stops after confirming choice of macbook pro and stating that drivers will now be installed. I'm using windows 7 64x. I didn't get a prompt to restart so I've restarted windows myself. Again it seems to be working in the background but whenever I hover of the the ++ sign in the notificaiton area, it disappears and I cannot access the control module. I'm reinstalling the 3rd time now... Is there a way to access the control module through commandline or directly modifying a batch file. I just want the 3-finger drag feature as I cannot get it from bootcamp. The GUI won't show up. Not sure what to do.

Just to give you a background to the problem. I did a boot recovery of my windows one year ago. I think since then trackpad++ keeps crashing. Is this info any useful?
 
@alinato: As this problem is somehow isolated to your installation only, some research might be needed. Could you contact me privately, because there might be many messages in our conversation.
 
@All:

Hey All, a tester is wanted who got 12" Mid-2017 Macbook... (13"/15" already work - see below)

Your simple assistance can help to support this model soon!

Basically, the 13" and 15" Mid-2017 models are supported already, all of the Trackpad++ gestures for 2, 3, 4, 5 fingers work. But for 12" Apple silently changed something in 2017 (so that Trackpad++ for 2016 generation of Macbook did not fully work with 2017 12" model).

Is anyone willing to help? You'll need to run a simple tool which will extract trackpad data...

Thank you in advance.
 
I have a question about uninstalling Trackpad ++. After I uninstalled it, the trackpad didn't seem to work correctly (no double click, no scroll). I looked at the Bootcamp Support drivers icon on my Windows 7 and noticed the trackpad tab was missing. I reinstalled the Bootcamp Support drivers version 5.1.5621 and my trackpad wouldn't even work, though the trackpad tab in the Windows Bootcamp app was present now. Any ideas?
 
@djxpress: Thank you for reporting. From the very beginning, when creating the driver, compatibility with Boot Camp drivers stack was the major goal, and you can see by inspecting this 23-page thread that since 2012 there was not even a single such report. It's the thing in which I'm very, very confident: uninstall does not affect the Boot Camp drivers stack. And it by design never affects the tab in Boot Camp settings, as simply it never touches it (I don't even know how to remove it you someone asks to do it!). However, I'm a bit worried that report comes from Windows 7: this operating system has been long abandoned by both Microsoft and Apple, so perhaps this behavior may happen in Windows 7 from Apple side (not from Trackpad++ side, as the driver was originally written with Windows 7 support enabled, and never lost this original compatibility of course). Under any circumstances, reinstall of the full and official Boot Camp drivers package for Windows 7 (not for 8 or 10) shall always help, in case just anything was wrong with the drivers... Sorry for too long and not too helpful response.
 
After attempting to uninstall Trackpad++ (which failed), and disabling test mode (which the uninstaller should have done), my trackpad on my 2017 MacBook Pro fails to work. Re-installing the Apple Bootcamp software doesn't fix it. I had to re-install TrackPad++ in order to get my system back to "somewhat" normal. How do I get around this? Anyone?
 
V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r said:
@treoguy: I don't have this model, but people who provide the email feedback state the Trackpad++ works smoothly with 12" Macbook and Windows 10. All 2/3/4-finger gestures which Trackpad++ brings to Boot Camp are available for this model as well.
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Vladimir, thanks for all your work on this project. I've used Trackpad++ off and on for a few years and like having the ability to swipe between virtual desktops.

I recently got the 2016 rMBP and TP++ drivers leave a lot to be desired as far as the native drivers are concerned.

Two finger right-corner right click is not an option?

Clicking with thumb and dragging with pointer finger doesn't work for moving windows around?

Ctrl-click as right click is not an option?

I can click and drag (thumb + pointer finger) some stuff but if my fingers get close to the top of the trackpad it stalls out.

The 2016 rMBP has a massive trackpad so I imagine there are some issues that may or may not be solvable but some trackpad sections are just too big. The "bottom corner" is massive... It feels like the actual trackpad area is sized like my old 2011 MBP and the edges are bloated. Is there a way we can configure the sizes of these regions and enable the alternate right-click options?

I'd be very happy to donate for a permanent install if I can get a little more rMBP 2016 support.
 
V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r said:
@All: Finally 12" 2017 Macbook has been supported! Public version of the Trackpad++ with support of this model is coming later this week. As always, you can check is your model supported by visiting this URL: http://trackpad.forbootcamp.org/#requirements
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Thank you so much for this. What a truly fantastic piece of driver software. With it I can zoom I can do task view and switch desktops with three or four fingers slide. I can go back and forth in a browser or file explorer. I can do middle click by tapping with three fingers. And the driver is stable as rock using it all day two last months. You revived my touch bar equipped macbook pro 2017. Happy man I am now :D Please don't listen to haters and keep on the fantastic work you do for us mere bootcampers
 
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