In this article, you will learn how to configure a joystick (of any type) on a PC.

How To Configure Joystick on PC

To play PC games.

Used as a remote control for some multimedia applications (XBMC)

Replace the mouse.

Required softwares

You will need to download and install the appropriate software. There are many, such as:

In this article we shall demonstrate Xpadder.

Download and install the software.

Connect your Joystick and make sure that it is detected/recognized by your PC.

Run the software. A window will then appear:

Click on the joystick icon in the upper left. A new window will appear:

Go to the Image tab (step not required). Click "Open" and choose the image of your controller if it is available (the folder containing the images is called "controllerimage").

Then go to the "Stick" tab (if your controller possesses analog sticks).

Check the "enabled" box for the stick 1 and 2 (depending on the type of controller used) and make the requested operations.

Go to the "DPad" tab (if your controller has a directional pad) and choose your settings.

Go to the "buttons" tab. Configure your buttons layout. Each time you press a button a small square will be displayed, move the square in order to fit the current button layout of your Joystick.

Go to the "Trigger" tab (for joystick equipped with triggers) and set their layout.

Go to the "Finish" tab and click "close".

Now you will need to configure these buttons!

A window of this type appears:

To configure a button, click on it and a virtual keyboard appears (select the appropriate action)

The software also provide some pre-installed configuration.

Click and confirm "arrows mouse" to control the mouse with the joystick.

Save your settings and as soon as your controller is connected, the configuration is effective.

Note that:

To access the pre-installed configurations of the software, go to the "profiles" folder.

The software does not work if the PC does not recognize the controller.

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