How can I install an Apple Magic Trackpad on a PC without Boot Camp?
DIY: using 7-zip, you can extract the drivers from Apple update download.
- Download the Boot Camp Software Update 3.2 For Windows: 32-bit (280MB) or 64-bit (121MB)
- Open the EXE with 7-zip and extract (or navigate into) the BootCampUpdate .MSP file
- In the "BootCamp3200aToBootCamp3200" folder, extract Binary.AppleWirelessTrackpad_Bin (another compressed file itself)
- Decompress the contents of this _Bin file into a folder. You should see AppleWTP files and DPInst.exe among others.
- Run DPInst.exe and follow the dialogs.
- or - Quick and dirty shortcut:
- Download and run a self-extracting archive produced from the DIY procedure: 32-bit (1.7MB) or 64-bit (2.2MB) - driver version 3.1.0.7, 8/24/2010
Notes:
- This should work whether or not you are already paired, and will also update an older driver in-place (no need to uninstall first)
- To manually install the driver (without running DPInst.EXE), look for the "Bluetooth HID device" in Device Manager (it will show VID 000205ac and PID 030e in the Properties if you have the right one).
- The driver will not install onto the "HID-compliant mouse", only its parent device.
See also: How to modify Magic Trackpad settings (without Bootcamp control panel)
I will add that the latest revision to the bootcamp software, as of 12/1/2014, had self executing exe files for the devices and no longer requires you to do all this hard stuff. Just download the bootcamp installer directly from apple (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1721), use 7-zip to get inside and find the Apple Drivers in this path: BootCamp > Drivers > Apple
Install away!