HidHide is an optional (but highly recommended) third-party driver that can hide controllers from the system and only allow chosen processes to detect them.
Install HidHide as a replacement for the “controller hiding” function that is necessary to prevent the double input issue.
To verify if HidGuardian is installed and uninstall it if present, check the legacy drivers section of DS4Windows uninstallation guide.Uninstall it for their controller to be detected again.Users who still have HidGuardian installed must: The release of HidGuardian’s successor, HidHide, which works the same but is more user-friendlyĪs such, the latest versions of DS4Windows won’t request HidGuardian for hidden controller’s access and if a controller is hidden by it then it won’t be detected anymore.
Users didn’t know how to properly configure HidGuardian and ended up having issues that were complicated to troubleshoot and fix.It was used by DS4Windows to prevent the double-input issue, but support for it was removed in v3.0.8 for 2 reasons: HidGuardian is a driver that can prevent Windows from recognizing a connected controller as an actual game controller. The following tools could be the culprit: HidGuardian Still does not appear on Windows’ Game Controllers list.Your controller is NOT disabled in the previous sections.If it was disabled then re-enabling should fix the issue. If disabled, re-enable it by clicking at Properties then Enable device.Select the HID-compliant game controller and check its status at the bottom of the Window.Right-click on it, select Properties then select the Hardware tab.Open Windows’ Devices and Printers by pressing Win+ R in your keyboard, typing control printers then selecting Ok.On USB, the easiest way to verify this is by checking if the controller works properly in other USB ports, though another indication for DS4 or DualSense users is that the lightbar will keep flashing yellow, indicating that the controller is only at a charging state (likewise, it will flash yellow only once then turn off if fully charged). Though this can happen via any connection method, on Bluetooth removing and re-pairing the controller will fix the issue. I was frustrated to all hell beforehand and almost considered trading my ps4 controller back in for an xbox.There is a chance that DS4W has permanently disabled your controller in a previous attempt of gaining Exclusive Access when using the Hide DS4 controllers option. I am currently playing both ds1 and ds2 with a ps4 controller using ds4 for windows and everything is working fine after I went through the steps above. Let me know if youre still having problems and I will try to assist. It sometimes takes me 2 or 3 times to get it to connect while I've had it be stubborn and not work until the 10th time. Go to the first tab in ds4 and click the connect exclusively button that will temporarily disable explorer.exe which is what is interfering with ds4 that wont allow you hide the controller and stop the spinning. Close out of ALL applications especially teamspeak and steam. go to the options and click hide ds4 controller. Yes this is due to the fact that your game is reading two controllers.