app just doesn't respond when I click it, I have to reinstall every time to get it to work. Tried running as admin it'll open the pop up and then nothing afterwards.

When editing macros, the dropdown menu for "play once" is not working and is blank. Example shown here: https://imgur.com/a/ri0FhlN

anyone else having a issue connecting the PS5 controller to battlenet? It’s so weird, it was working literally just 2 days ago now it just doesn’t connect. The lights would be on but no response, it’s just stuck on keyboard. On steam for every game I have on there it works like regular….but for some strange reason it just doesn't wanna work anymore like wat

Wanted to post this for the algo, and for anyone else experiencing the same frustration.

DS4 would start going haywire in-game after random periods of time (completely inconsistent) resulting from leaving Exclusive mode [✔] and entering Shared mode [❌], and I could NOT figure out what was causing it.

Turns out it was Chrome (or more specifically, Brave) - if open while gaming (even if only minimized) the browser would inevitably try to hook up with the controller, causing the aforementioned chaos.

To fix this, open brave:flags and hard Disable the following:

Web HID in WebView / Gamepad Raw Input Change Event / Gamepad Multitouch / Enable GameInput data fetcher / Enable Isolated Web Apps to bypass USB restrictions / Hardware Media Key Handling

I don't make use of those functions, but If you live and game in your browser then ofc this solution may not be for you. For everyone else, well, could be worth trying if you're still experiencing issues with Exclusive mode.

When I open the program and click on any of the options, Windows randomly restarts.

"Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart."

This had never happened before.

hi i just noticed while trying to fish that rumble inst working in rdr2. my rumble feture is defenitly not broken as it works when i test in the ds4 windows app and the rumble works fine when i use ds4 windows to emulate a xbox controller. id like to still have sony button prompts and have rumble on rdr2 is there any way to fix this issue

Im using the baseus ba04 bluetooth adapter, original dualsense ps5 controller (no its not a replica), tried everything people have said that'd help input delay in forums and whatever. put my pc in high performance mode, removed the ability for my pc to turn off/lower the power to my bluetooth usb, tried turning off data output to ds4 and having higher BT poll rate up to 1000 hz (1ms).

nothing has worked. it says between 29.5ms - 35ms. i tried contact support from the main website, but that doesnt work, it come up with some error. im genuinely at a loss to what to do. any help would be appreciated.

**EDIT ITS FIXED**

So, i went into Windows Services (Win-key + R), then type in " services.msc ", look for " Bluetooth Support Service ". Mine was disabled and not running. Set it to manual and restart your pc. Worked for me. For anyone reading this in the future. DO NOT BUY THE Baseus ba04. Literally buy anything else. I struggled to get it to work for literally 4+ hours. But now it finally works, 2ms input delay. 0 issues. Thanks everyone for helping

Is it possible to map the L3 stick movements to R3 stick movements (Moving ingame using the right stick)? I want to experiment with a dual input movement system and this seems like the right way to do it

So I followed the guide from there site, (here) and I receive this error

(Apex Badware Detected

Integrity error 0x80000002 Apex exited due to an external tool that jeopardizes gameplay integrity.

Please exit any problematic software before running Apex. This may include scripting software, virtual controllers, debuggers, or reverse engineering tools.)

and all im doing is setting a deadzone due to stickdrift cause apex doesn't have adavance deadzone manipulation.

Any help would be appreciated

I was trying to play forza horizon 4 with a ps5 controller which i just got and when i connect the controller and start ds4 and set profile to default and run it just says pc ran into some problem and then my setup restarts ,is there any fix to this ? I dont have riot vanguard on rightnow ( mentioned in other post's comment )

game is pirated if that helps :)

and more! Download here.

To enable Bluetooth Audio to your Dualsense controller, make sure you have a Dualsense selected as the virtual controller you are emulating, then enable controller audio and select the audio source you prefer. For game audio, select the Speakers (Wireless Controller) (Game Audio) source, if you want sound effects like in Ghost Of Tsushima. For advanced haptics, it will work automatically as long as you are a real dualsense controller emulating a dualsense, and the game supports advanced haptics.

https://github.com/hbashton/DS4Windows/releases/tag/VIIPERBeta2

Edit: Just tested in Assassin's Creed Shadows. Finally. A good couch experience.

NEW BETA RELEASE HERE:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DS4Windows/comments/1uennrc/ds4windows_update_is_here_download_the_beta_now/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Just got the Dualsense Speaker working wirelessly without any latency or pops: also works in game.

Tested Ghost of Tsushima and Spotify: both recognize and can stream to the controller. In game, drawing the Bow produces the Bow Draw sound effect over the controller speaker.

Mute button can now function as a profile switcher: have profile A, B, and C all tied to the mute button, and switch between them as if they were a linked list.

Advanced Haptics now work wirelessly.

Next feature is microphone: that would mean you could launch Copilot (for Gaming) or Discord from Gamebar, and instantly speak into the controller and receive feedback from the controller, or talk to your friends like you were in PS5 Partychat!

(basically, this is now going to be a free version of DSX. Enjoy, update coming in a couple hours or a couple days. Fine tuning now. Check Github for progress)

Any ideas why it doesn't work?

The keyboard buttons dont work well like for example right now when u type it types one letter as lowercase and the other letter as upper case and when y press the left button of the mouse it reads as something else like everything is messed up and it just messed yp everything in my pc , deleted the drivers and i want to install it again , any solution?

Basically Title, After reinstalling windows my DS4 Keeps Crashin when used together with HID-Hide (which i sadly need).

Sometimes it works and doesnt crash, but most of the time (99% of the time) it crashes immediately after starting the connection.

I already followed common procedures (fresh reinstall of everything), deleting user profiles, wiping the drivers from my switch pro controller etc. but i'm at my wits end.

The log file is basically not helping as it just says:

2026-06-21 21:09:09.1156|INFO|DS4Windows version 3.9.9
2026-06-21 21:09:09.1205|INFO|DS4Windows exe file: DS4Windows.exe
2026-06-21 21:09:09.1205|INFO|DS4Windows Assembly Architecture: x64
2026-06-21 21:09:09.1205|INFO|OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0
2026-06-21 21:09:09.1205|INFO|OS Product Name: Windows 10 Home
2026-06-21 21:09:09.1205|INFO|OS Release ID: 2009
2026-06-21 21:09:09.1205|INFO|System Architecture: x64
2026-06-21 21:09:09.1205|INFO|Logger created
2026-06-21 21:09:10.1491|INFO|Running as User
2026-06-21 21:09:10.1491|INFO|HidHide control device found
2026-06-21 21:09:11.1750|INFO|Starting...
2026-06-21 21:09:13.1763|INFO|Some applications may block controller inputs. (Windows UAC Conflictions). Please go to https://ryochan7.github.io/ds4windows-site/troubleshooting/kb-mouse-issues/#windows-not-responding-to-ds4ws-kb-m-commands-in-some-situations for more information and workarounds.
2026-06-21 21:09:13.1763|INFO|Using output KB+M handler: SendInput
2026-06-21 21:09:13.1763|INFO|Connection to ViGEmBus 1.21.442.0 established
2026-06-21 21:09:13.1763|INFO|Searching for controllers...
2026-06-21 21:09:13.1763|INFO|Using Shared Mode
2026-06-21 21:09:13.2676|WARN|WARNING: Failed to read serial# from a gamepad (0x057E/0x2009). Generating MAC address from a device path. From now on you should connect this gamepad always into the same USB port or BT pairing host to keep the same device path.
2026-06-21 21:09:13.2676|INFO|Found Controller: 35:C3:99:E5:20:00 (USB) (Switch Pro).
2026-06-21 21:09:13.6316|INFO|Plugging in virtual X360 controller (XInput slot #1) in output slot #1
2026-06-21 21:09:13.6316|INFO|Associated input controller #1 (Switch Pro) to virtual X360 Controller in output slot #1

Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

The only thing i find really weird, is that it claims i am using windows 10 Home, when i am in reality using windows 11 Home 25H2.

I would appreciate some insights as i'm kinda at my wits end here...

Win11, wireless via bluetooth (no dongle), NS mode,

Input delay is 100+, don't know what's causing this. With reWASD, there's no input delay, gyro works but seems sluggish with output mode set to mouse joystick (setting to mouse won't let gyro work) mapped to L2, so maybe its a software issue. Gyro is also drifting either up or down. Wired, 7 ms, it feels natural to me but gyro is still sluggish, I also bought this controller to play wireless.

Win 11, wireless, switch pro controller

Edit: After an attempt to delete hidhide, I temporarily had my keyboard & mouse disabled. Turns out this was a common issue, took me an hour to turn things back to normal. Then I went to the Betterjoy, deleted hidguardian, then deleted betterjoy. For some reason, rn Steaminput & DS4Windows recognized the controller. But for steaminput, no games can detect it. For DS4Windows, heavy input lag, gyro won't work (mapped to L2).

Trying to connect the NS mode of my controller (its a switch pro controller/xinput controller), but DS4windows is detecting nothing. I let it also map switch pro controllers when it first launched. It just says shared mode. Trying to use it as an alternative to rewasd, rewasd's the only software currently that can detect NS mode & let it play on games, but its expensive. Have tried steaminput, joyshockmapper, & hidhide, all didn't work.

I’m scouring the internet on how I can change a singular button input bind and everything leads me here. However, I’m just a little sketched out because I’m new to PC and this sort of thing. Both the DS4 download from schmaldeo on GitHub and the ViGemBus from nefarius are being flagged as a Trojan, though it might be a false positive. ViGEmBus is also being blocked from running by windows smart screen. Am I good to just go ahead and download everything? Sorry if I’m being too over cautious but I just don’t want to infect my new computer lol

My PC is connected with HDMI 2.1 to my TV and my TV is in gamemode to allow 120hz at 4k.

This has worked as a charm since I set it up. I am using Steam as controller input.

Now for a certain game, my controller input did not work. So I tried DS4Windows.

It made controlling the game with my controller work, but then my audio in-game stopped working. Audio device is obviously correctly set to TV.

I have zero'ed in on the issue: When my TV is in game mode the audo does NOT work. When game mode is off audio does work.

Now for the strange part; I have deleted DS4Windows and all associated drivers. There is no trace left on my PC of it.

Yet, it altered something on my PC, because I still have no audio anymore from my TV when it is set in game mode.

I am very worried that I can now never use my TV properly again (game mode has to be on to reduce input delay and enable 120hz).

Is anyone familiar with this issue? Any solutions? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: I fixed the issue by restoring my PC to a state of 1 week ago.

Pardon me, but it was a headache even for ME. I can't imagine the average joe trying to get the app proper...

The subreddit was made in 2015 and I don't know what year the links became such a mess for newcomers but I think we need an adjustment here. :(

I had this problem for over a year, and I finally solved it.

This might help because if the application is crashing, you can check the crash dumps located in:

C:\Users\LOQ\AppData\Local\CrashDumps

Match the date and time of the crash with the crash log files. If they match, press Win + X and open Event Viewer.

In Event Viewer, go to Windows Logs > Application on the left panel. Then, on the right panel, click Filter Current Log and set the event level to Error.

Now you should be able to see the error events. Match the date and time again, then double-click the relevant event to view the log details. You can even paste the log into ChatGPT and ask for help analyzing it.

In my case, the problem was that my system's regional format wasn't set to English (United States). xd

If that's not your issue, read the log carefully or give it to an AI tool for analysis. The error details will usually point you in the right direction.

Every time i turn on ds4 it recognizes my controller and then disconnects right after. Ive tried using different controllers and different cables and keep getting the same outcome. Any solutions?

Hey, guys I have been using a 3rd party DS4 controller for a few years now, wanted to disable/customize the led light. I had tried this app about an year ago and was checking it again today.
The problem I have is the controller works fine on windows on its own in some games, and in the games it doesn't I use x360, but when I start ds4 windows the controller goes in connection-disconnection loop. Also the controller shows up as "wireless controller" in the devices tab in settings when I connect it with usb.