Xbox 360 wired afterglow controller not working PC

amirrees2488

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Jan 15, 2014
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Hi all,

My Xbox wired controller is not working with my games. Drivers are installed (official ones from the microsoft website), device manager recognises it and confirms drivers are installed as well. I went to test the controller on joy.cpl and there are two controllers -

Controller (Afterglow Gamepad for Xbox 360)
Controller (Xbox 360 for Windows)

The afterglow one responds when I test it in properties however the 'Xbox 360 for win' one does not.

Also device manager states there are two controllers, however the names are the same but the location is different. One is located at Port_#0007.Hub_#0003 and the other is located at Kinoni Virtual X360: #01

The Xbox button in the centre works on the win desktop, asking me if i want to open the game bar. The controller light up and tells me i am player 2. I am running win 10.

Regards,

Amir
 

Lutfij

Titan
Moderator
Have you tried manually selecting your controller as the device of choice in your games? Speaking of which what games are you trying to run with this controller? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling your drivers? Have you also tried installing the drivers in compatibility mode under an OS that you knew was working and stable;
Right click installer>Properties>Compatibility Tab>Windows 7/8 [from the drop down menu]

One of the issues with Windows 10 is for drivers and devices to communicate with each other in the OS and that has been somewhat good but mostly bad.