Hi banekrayt,
a) Which Operating System do you have?
Since you're reading this article, you must be looking for a guide to use a PS3 controller on your Windows PC. You're on the right place. The top easy but true.
By default the drivers will be placed and software
in C:Program Files
Restart Windows – when it starts to boot up again, hit F8 just after the BIOS does its POST. Select “Disable driver signature enforcement” - this is very important!
Update: You can permanently disable driver signature enforcement from within Windows. Run a Command window (cmd.exe) as administrator, and enter the following:
Doing this prevents you from having to reboot when installing and using these drivers. It will add a “Test Mode” logo on the bottom right of desktop, to remind you that driver signature enforcement is permanently disabled.
Plug in your Playstation 3 controller. If you haven’t done this before, you will see that some basic Windows drivers are installed. This might lead you to believe that the controller will work right away, but unfortunately it won’t.
From the Start button, run the “Install USB driver” under the “MotioninJoy” folder for the appropriate connection method you’ll be using. Make sure to right click and “Run as administrator” or the driver will not install properly.
(Right click, then click “Run as Administrator)
After the driver installs, a Notepad window will pop up, showing you the driver install log. This is what a successful install looks like, on Windows 7 x64:
Restart Windows again.
At this point, the center light on your controller should not be blinking. This is a good indication that it is working.
Now run the “DS3 Tool” program from the Start button. If you followed the directions properly, the main screen should look like this
Note that the controller is listed at the top. If it doesn’t show up, then you did something wrong. The first thing you should probably do is re-run the “Install USB Drivers” as admin, making sure no error messages pop up.
You can now run the controller with whatever features you wish. I’m not sure if there is a reason not to enable all functionality. Perhaps Performance could be an issue, so only enable the features you need.
If you followed the guide correctly, you should see your controller listed, and have full control of all the inputs. On my first attempt, I neglected to “Run as administrator” so I only saw the controller listed, but had no contol over it.
If you see that dialog, you did it wrong, and the driver did not install . Make sure to hit F8 when you boot Windows, or set it to Test Mode using the commands listed above, and make sure you Run the USB Driver Install as Administrator!
Finally, we have a decent gamepad to use in Windows, including 64-bit. Enjoy! Thanks to the folks at MotionInJoy for creating this driver.
*Note* Keep in mind that installing unsigned drivers is considered by Microsoft
to be a major security issue (or a major source of income, depending on who you listen to), so to use these drivers on a 64-bit OS, you will need to use F8 to boot every time. There are ways to permanently disable signed drivers in 64-bit Windows, but it is considered a major security flaw to do so, and is a major hassle to set up (and is constantly being patched by Microsoft). This will be the case with any unofficial driver release, not just these ones.
*Another Note* If you are having troubles getting the drivers to work after rebooting, even after using “F8″, try running the driver install script again . These drivers aren’t perfect, and can be a bit finicky, but they do work. And I think they are the only ones that work in 64-bit. 32-bit users might prefer to use the old drivers we talked about, if you do not need to use bluetooth .
Azeez Nadeem - Microsoft Support
Many game lovers are using the PlayStation with PS4 Dualshock controller, such as Sony PS4 Dualshock controller. While you may be confused that if you can connect the new PS4 controller on your PC in Windows 10.
From the perspective of this post, you are fully able to use your wireless or wired PS4 controller with a computer.
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How Do You Use PS4 Controller on PC?
To custom the gamepad PS4 controller on Windows 10, there are two way or situations, namely, via Bluetooth and USB.
Want to play computer games with a PS4 controller on Sony Dualshock? Follow the steps below.
Step 1: Download DS4Windows
Though you have been promised that aside from the Xbox One and 360 Controller, it is also available for you to use the PS4 Duckshock controller with PC on Windows 10.
But first and foremost, it is a necessity for you to download the DS4Windows on your computer and on the basis of this tool, you are enabled to connect or set up PS4 Controller or the new PS4 controller, pink or black one with Sony Dualshock 4 on a computer easily and quickly.
From the site, you can either choose to Sign in with Google or Facebook to download the DS4Windows or Alternatively download (availability not granted).
Then you can see the downloaded DS4Windows.exe and some necessarily affiliated .exe in one of the PC folders.
Step 2: Install DS4Windows on Windows 10
To make full use of this software to run PS4 Controller Dualshock on the computer, you need to install it after the downloading.
Just follow up the on-screen instructions (Windows 10 would prompt you) and you can find it rather foolproof to complete the installation.
You may need to choose a folder to extract the files to it and then two extracted files would appear in the destination folders, they are DS4Updater.exe and the DS4Windows.exe.
Double click the DS4Windows.exe to install the DS4Windows on Windows 10.
Here you are able to decide to open both of them, as the DS4Updater.exe is used to keep DS4Windows updated with the PS4 Controller.
Step 3: Save DS4Windows Settings in Appdata
At the moment you open the DS4Windows exe. File, a window would pop up asking you to Pick where you want settings and profiles to be saved, it is recommended that you choose the regular installing one --Appdata. For it is more compatible with computers settings.
Shortly after you made that choice, Windows system would prompt you to install the DS4Windows driver.
If you are using Windows 7 or below, you are to install 360 driver.
Then refer to the instruction to finish the installation of DS4Windows.
With the new driver and the instructions, you will have also finished installing DS4Windows on Windows 10.
Now you are qualified to connect or use PS4 Dualshock Controller with computers.
As the description above, you can either determine to get the PS4 Controller work on PC via Bluetooth or USB, just choose one way suitable for your case.
Use PS4 Controller with PC Via Bluetooth
If you feel like to connect your PC to the wireless PS4 Dualshock 4 Controller and you also have the inbuilt Bluetooth receiver on Windows 10, one method is using the Bluetooth.
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On the one hand, as for the PS4 Controller, you are required to hit the Central PS button and Share button at the same time until the lightbar reacts with flash.
On the other hand, make sure the Bluetooth settings on Windows 10 computer are available for connecting to devices. To set up the Bluetooth on PC, you can go to Start > Settings > Device > Bluetooth and other devices.
Under Bluetooth and other devices, you can pair the Sony PS4 Dualshock 4 Controller with PC.
As long as you have connected the PS4 Controller with Windows 10, you are free to enjoy the games with the PS4 wireless controller on the computer.
Use PS4 Controller on Computer with USB
Just a USB cable would also be enough to help you custom your black, pink or whatever PS4 Dualshock controller on PC.
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You would need to plug in the USB cable in both your PC and the PS4 controller. Then Windows 10 would automatically detect the presence of the PlayStation and allow it work on the computer.
Once detected, it is accessible that you play the computer games by using the PS4 Dualshock 4 Controller on Windows 10.
Above all, for the purpose of connecting and then using the PS4 controller on the computer, you can choose to use Bluetooth or the USB to complete it.
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