joycons wont connect to windows

[atomic robin]

self explanatory title, joycons would appear as connected on windows but it would still be blinking. my bluetooth version is 4.2.
cons connect flawlessly on iphone 11, so its not a controller problem.

[candid arrow]

The light blinking is normal, it's just that Windows have no official support for it so it doesn't know what to do with the light.

Did you use any of these wrapper software?

[regal arch]

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EXTRA SOFTWARE

• Pro controller and joy-con wrapper software (PC)
※ Windows does not have native support for Nintendo's controller (Pro Con and Joy-con). You will need one of the software below to make them work on PC.
･ Steam Input - Support Pro con, dual Joy-con, detailed configs for each game.
･ BetterJoy - Support Pro con, dual Joy-con, simple to use, good for emulators.
･ ProconXInput - Drivers to convert Pro-con/Joy-con to XInput.
･ DS4Windows - Support Pro con/Joy-con, very versatile.
･ x360ce - Universal XInput wrapper.

• How to use Pro-con and joy-con on [Linux]
‣ Instructions to install support software and drivers

• [Android] has native support for Pro controller and joy-con. [iOS], [macOS] doesn't support them.

￮ Joycon Toolkit - Useful software to test joy-con, change colors, etc...
￮ Joycon Droid - Android joycon emulator.

Requested by BladeSpringSun#4133

[atomic robin]

ive tried using betterjoy but it wouldnt connect yet, ive also tried vjoy and that didnt work aswell either

there was this onetime where steam recognized my left joycon, but not the right

and it never showed up again

[atomic robin]

now whenever i try to get it to connect to steam, it wont show up

i got the left one to connect, now its just the right one thats being a pain in the ass

and also this...

[atomic robin]

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[candid arrow]

@atomic robin Don't use vjoy. We need to reset everything and reinstall the drivers anew.

Go uninstall vJoy, BetterJoy altogether

And then go into Device manager, remove the controller entirely so it deletes the drivers in there as well.

After that, reinstall BetterJoy by itself, it would install the driver of Betterjoy

And then pair the controller back again.

[atomic robin]

?

[candid arrow]

yes, do that

[atomic robin]

still blinking up and down and wont connect fully

and then after a few the connected status turns into paired

[candid arrow]

So it keeps changing the status?

btw did you remove the joycon from your Switch before this?

The status of bluetooth device is one thing, but what about Betterjoy's recognition? Does it detect the controller?

[atomic robin]

yeah i dced it from the switch, betterjoy doesnt recognize a con either

[candid arrow]

Can you tell me the steps you did initially? When you started connecting the controller to your PC.

I need to know what has been done

[atomic robin]

so i dced it from my switch, opened up betterjoy, and then started to try connecting it

[candid arrow]

No, you need to list out the software and driver you have installed as well

[atomic robin]

oh the entire reinstall process

[candid arrow]

Since it sounds like something is interfering with the right to control the device

I meant, before you came to this server and ask about it

what kind of software did you install?

also do you have Steam open?

[atomic robin]

yes i do have steam open

[candid arrow]

I see, try closing it and use only BetterJoy

Either something is wrestling to take control of the controller on the software side or from the hardware side

hence the constant changing status

[atomic robin]

betterjoy isnt detecting it still

[atomic robin]

really only software ive installed was vjoy, ds4 and betterjoy, i already deleted vjoy and ds4 hasnt been running

the constantly changing status isnt happening anymore though, its really just not being detected by betterjoy and after the pairing period is over for the con it just goes back into paired

[candid arrow]

Remove the controller in bluetooth device list and re-pair it, this time only with Betterjoy open

[atomic robin]

how can i do this?

[candid arrow]

Find this icon in your taskbar:

[atomic robin]

still nothing

[candid arrow]

Sigh, this thing is always a mess

can you open browser and type this in?

http://localhost:26762/

This is a control panel of a software that was installed along with Betterjoy

it's to block a controller from Windows, so Betterjoy can control it

Find the joycon, hide/unhide it, test back with Betterjoy everytime

if that didn't work, unhide the controller in there

and then close Betterjoy, open Steam, go to Steam menu > Controllers > General controllers settings

see if Steam can recognize the joycon

[atomic robin]

so the website isnt working,

let me try steam