How can I enable multimedia keys of an Apple keyboard under Windows?

There's no need for AutoHotKey or random tray tools – the Boot Camp driver meant for dual-booting on a Mac actually works just fine on PC hardware using Apple peripherals, too!

Just grab the latest version of the Boot Camp Support Software (5.1.5722 at the time of writing), and extract it somewhere. If the only thing you care about is the keyboard driver, copy out the BootCamp.msi and AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe files to a separate directory. Then, from an administrator shell, just run

msiexec /i BootCamp.msi

The installer may throw some errors (presumably because the other drivers it wants to install aren't there), but the keyboard driver will end up installed. Just reboot and use the media keys to your heart's content!

I've been looking for the same thing and found a convenient little tray tool that does just that: http://uxsoft.cz/projects/applewirelesskeyboard/

• Maps iTunes keys to media bindings
• Maps volume keys to volume control
• Displays OSX media action overlays

Despite the name it works flawlessly on the wired version of the Apple Keyboard