I bought an Afterglow Xbox One Wired PC controller but Windows doesn't recognise it [SOLVED]

SchobotPlays

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Okay so I plug it in and the RGB LED lights up but windows doesn't recognise the controller, no pop up to say installing drivers, I tried for two hours last night before giving up and going to bed, does anybody have a solution to get Windows to recognise the controller? Like is there a place to download drivers? If so a link would be much appreciated thankyou.
 

voinoldungr

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Hey man, I have the same problem, could you please walk me through what you did to solve it? Much appreciated.
 

SchobotPlays

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So I plugged it in and nothing happened. I switched out the wire for an old phone charger and the lights came on. I then swapped back to the original wire and drivers installed and it works fine. Not sure why
 

voinoldungr

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Hey man I have the same problem, could you pretty please walk me through what you did so that mine can work also? Much appreciated.
 

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SchobotPlays

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Right I used my phone charger which turned on the LED's then I put the original wire back in and it installed the drivers, not sure what I did to get it to work but try it