Ds4 windows not detecting controller opening installer how to#
Ds4 windows not detecting controller opening installer Pc#

Ds4 windows not detecting controller opening installer Pc#

If your PC starts automatically various applications on system boot then try to arrange the start order of those applications which may hold a connection to DS4 controller. If DS4Windows tool is the first application opening a connection to the controller then DS4Win can acquire the exclusive access and this way hide the original device. To solve problems with exclusive mode you should try to close all other applications which may be using the original controller and to re-connect the DS4 controller (or press 'Stop/Start' button in DS4Windows option screen). In this case DS4Windows logfile shows a message 'failed to enable exclusive mode'.

If there are existing connections to the controller then it is too late for DS4Windows tool to acquire exclusive access, so the original HID device remains visible. The use of exclusive mode requires that at the time when DS4Windows tool is started and a controller is connected then no other application should hold an open connection to the controller. What to do if DS4Windows fails to enable exclusive mode? Applications would see and receive re-mapped button presses, touchpad events and gyro events from the virtual x360 controller device only. DS4Windows tool tries to hide the original DS4 controller device by acquiring an exclusive access to the original controller device and this way preventing any other application to see that device. This is the purpose of 'Hide DS4 Controller' option. One solution to this 'double controller' problem is to hide the original DS4 Controller device, so applications see and receives re-mapped button events from the virtual x360 device only. If an application or a game works just fine without Hide DS4 Controller/Exclusive Mode option then you don't have to enable this mode, but not all applications are smart enough to see the difference between original and virtual device.

Ds4 windows not detecting controller opening installer how to#

Some applications work just fine because those know how to listen events from a single controller device only. However, some applications may behave oddly or even crash when button events are coming simultaneously at the same time over two controller devices (from the original DS4 Controller HID device and from a virtual x360 HID device). At first this may seem perfectly OK and there should not be any problems because you should be able to choose which controller is used in an application.

This virtual x360 device is an additional device and the original DualShock4 controller is also still visible for WindowsOS, games and for other applications. What is 'Hide DS4 Controller' option in DS4Windows application and why some games require that mode?ДS4Windows application outputs re-mapped buttons, touchpad and gyro functionalities through a virtual x360 (V1.7.6+ nowadays supports also virtual DS4 controller) controller device. Hide DS4 Controller option / Exclusive mode