I noticed that sometimes when using the Playnite Fullscreen Xbox widget, it would not load the application. I wrote a helper application to launch the script, so that even if UWP changes, this should continue to work. I’ve repackaged it as a full widget installation. Enjoy!
All users on the latest update, you will receive an automatic update, as I have updated the updater to support the latest releases (and Windows 11)
All users not on the new fork, download below
This is the first stable release of the revived hbashton DS4Windows fork. No beta label, no discontinued upstream messaging, and update checks now point at the maintained hbashton releases.
Users on older builds may need to manually update DS4Updater.exe once. Put the latest DS4Updater.exe beside DS4Windows.exe, then future update checks should use the hbashton updater path automatically. Download the new updater here, and place it in your %LOCALAPPDATA%/DS4Windows Folder IF IT EXISTS (if you don't have a %LOCALAPPDATA% Folder for DS4Windows, then the Updater will work automatically, because you have the portable version)
Add Gamebar setting to Profiles: Let your controller automatically switch to a Gamebar friendly X-Input profile upon pressing the home button of your controller. Enable this setting per profile in each profile's settings.
Added better Trigger threshold detection for the dual stage activation. Enjoy the adaptive triggers for things like COD and emulators.
Hi all! I am a long time developer, just releasing this on the side to the community.
I added a configuration profile to change which Profiles DS4Windows will choose when using the 2 finger swipe gesture option, so that you can better fine tune your custom experience! This also allows a user to have endless Auto Profiles for specific games, while also having a couple that work everywhere, all independently.
I also fixed the duplication glitch that happens when using Moonlight Virtual Controller Support. I did this by saving the UUID of each controller DS4Windows creates, and referencing that list each time a controller is scanned for so that DS4Windows does not readd a controller it has already created. It is shocking to me this was not already done. I am also working on a feature to add the ability to choose which device type (Joycon, Switch Pro, DS4, or Dualsense) a profile should be for. If the device is connected, and a game is being played with an auto profile for everything AND an auto profile for that specific device, DS4Windows will not (break) but will switch to the profile FOR THAT DEVICE, FOR THAT GAME. This will add some overhead, but should be minimal.
The hope is that this program can be used to fine tune an experience on a HTPC or Game Console PC using Steam or Playnite Fullscreen, for users who like to use Switch Pro controllers, Joycons, and Playstation controllers, this program has been great. It's my hope to keep it great in 2026.
(Also, I did use Claude to code this. So, if you want to look at my commits, note that I passed along a series of very specific instructions to Claude to get this done, and I had it check for edge cases and tested some myself)
LONG LIVE DUALSHOCK 4 AS THE BEST CONTROLLER