JoyToKey TIPs and Support Information(Page 3 / 4)

When JoyToKey window is minimized, it may disappear from task bar. But as long as JoyToKey is running, its icon should be available in task tray area (at the right bottom of Windows desktop). Find it [...]

"Cannot find or reopen JoyToKey window after minimizing it" »

Windows 10 has a major update every half year. After the Windows Update, some user encountered a strange behavior of JoyToKey, such as the disappearance of JoyToKey icon on the task bar. If you encoun[...]

"A Problem after Windows Update?" »

JoyToKey supports XBox One and XBox 360 controller, including the silver guide button. Here is the button list mapping for XBox controller: Stick 1 = left analog stick Stick 2 = right analog stick POV[...]

"Button mapping for XBox controller" »

JoyToKey should be able to support any buttons or sticks as long as they are recognized by Windows. In other words, if buttons/sticks are not recognized by Windows, JoyToKey will not be able to recogn[...]

"Some of my buttons or sticks are not recognized by JoyToKey" »

Recalibrate the center In case the stick input remains in pressed state even after it’s released, please check and recalibrate the center of your analog sticks. Please go to the game controller [...]

"My stick input is too sensitive (or my cursor automatically moves)" »

If you want to emulate a key input while Ctrl (or Alt or Shift) key is held down, please assign Ctrl (or Alt or Shift) at the top most box, and the other key at the box below. For example, “Ctrl[...]

"How to emulate a key input with a CTRL (or ALT) key held down?" »

You may find that JoyToKey works well for most cases, but the key emulation somehow doesn’t work for a certain key such as ALT or CTRL or arrow keys. This may be because Windows has more than on[...]

"Button assignment for a certain key doesn’t work (such as ALT, CTRL key)" »

In case you have multiple game controllers, ideally their joystick number should be stable like below: Xbox controller -> Joystick #1 Pedal controller -> Joystick #2 However, depending on how the devi[...]

"I have multiple controllers and their number (ordering) sporadically changes" »

In order to associate a profile, JoyToKey needs to be able to detect the title and file path of the target application. However, in case the target application is running at a higher access privilege,[...]

"Associating a profile with an application does not work" »

Automatically start JoyToKey during reboot (Windows XP) For Windows XP, it is very easy to start JoyToKey during PC start up. You just need to create a shortcut and put it in “Startup” fol[...]

"How to automatically start JoyToKey during Windows startup?" »