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Ursus Anthraxis 2018 年 11 月 2 日 上午 10:37
Switch Pro Controller not recognized by PC/Steam
So I want to use my Pro Controller in some games, since apparently anyone can just plug one in and it works, but not me...

It doesn't work, like at all, it's updated to its latest firmware, wired communication is enabled, I do not have any type of third party controller emulator that I know of, my windows 10 install is fresh, the cable works fine, I have Steam's beta client, and the Switch Pro Controller configuration support on...

But when I plug the damn thing into my PC, nothing happens, like, my PC doesn't even recognize it, it doesn't appear in my device manager, it's not detected on Steam, it's not even charging and when I press buttons on it starts searching for a bluetooth connection...

I've tried everything and it just won't work, meanwhile people are literally just plugging their pro controllers in and it works instantly, what's going on?
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RedSawn 2021 年 5 月 22 日 下午 3:47 
引用自 Murdoc Niccals
引用自 BlueNora

Yeah gonna have to necro this to say this didn't work for me. I tried with all 3 USB ports on my laptop and the controller doesn't light up at all, windows doesn't recognize a device has been plugged in, nothing. I tried with the USB cord that came with the controller (so the actual Nintendo one), I tried with the USB cord I use for my phone, but nothing I do makes Windows recognize my pro controller. This ♥♥♥♥ is beyond frustrating.


Sadly, when you plug in a Nintendo Switch Pro controller physically through a USB-C cable, you can only charge it afaik, now I'll be honest that was a while ago so I don't exactly remember how I made it work, most likely something to do with the drivers or Steam Config, but yeah, I can't believe after all this time I still get comments about this because Steam somehow never fixed it, the Switch Pro Controller is an amazing controller honestly it should be easier to make it work.

Pssh, I can't even charge my brand new one by cable, or at least if it is it's certainly not telling me with the power light. Native bluetooth works though, once. Pair it and it works. Turn it off and it'll never connect again until I remove the bluetooth pairing.

Bluetooth settings seems to suggest it's successfully connecting but the controller never gets the go-ahead like it does with the first connection.
最后由 RedSawn 编辑于; 2021 年 5 月 22 日 下午 3:48
GloomyP00s 2021 年 10 月 16 日 上午 1:09 
引用自 Mitchell
I FOUND A SOLUTION!!!
I was having this problem since I had to reinstall windows. None of my pro controllers were connecting, but my xbox was, and my cable was fine. Just now I remembered that I had an 8bitdo Gamepad, so I plugged it in, and it install drivers for a pro controller. I tried my other official nintendo pro controllers and they all suddenly worked! I guess sometimes the drivers for the controller are missing?

I'm just here to say that of all the fixes that were mentioned here, THIS is the one that worked for me. I don't know why, it just worked. Connected my SF30 Pro, let windows set it up, then tried my Pro Controller and... it works now.
marcelocn 2022 年 1 月 12 日 下午 4:03 
i tried everything it´s on this topic and nothing is working....
before i install a new windows 10 version, it was working just fine
don´t know what to do
Lango 2022 年 1 月 16 日 上午 8:55 
引用自 marcelocn
i tried everything it´s on this topic and nothing is working....
before i install a new windows 10 version, it was working just fine
don´t know what to do

I was having this issue and nothing here worked as well. What ended up working, and don't ask me why, was to plug the cable after pressing the sync button at the top, and then press lots of buttons continuously. It started blinking and, at some point, light went solid and Windows detected it and I could play.

After that, it gets automatically detected when I plug it in again.
最后由 Lango 编辑于; 2022 年 1 月 16 日 上午 8:55
marcelocn 2022 年 1 月 16 日 下午 8:49 
引用自 Lango
引用自 marcelocn
i tried everything it´s on this topic and nothing is working....
before i install a new windows 10 version, it was working just fine
don´t know what to do

I was having this issue and nothing here worked as well. What ended up working, and don't ask me why, was to plug the cable after pressing the sync button at the top, and then press lots of buttons continuously. It started blinking and, at some point, light went solid and Windows detected it and I could play.

After that, it gets automatically detected when I plug it in again.

thanks but i don't know what i did, but now it is working, but the blue light in home button was turned off, after a few days went on, don´t know why either lol
Wavo 2022 年 3 月 5 日 上午 7:42 
引用自 Lango
引用自 marcelocn
i tried everything it´s on this topic and nothing is working....
before i install a new windows 10 version, it was working just fine
don´t know what to do

I was having this issue and nothing here worked as well. What ended up working, and don't ask me why, was to plug the cable after pressing the sync button at the top, and then press lots of buttons continuously. It started blinking and, at some point, light went solid and Windows detected it and I could play.

After that, it gets automatically detected when I plug it in again.


Tried a bunch of other stuff in this thread, this is the one that did it for me. Just plugged it in after holding the reset button then I button-mashed everything I could find on the controller. A few seconds later when I gave up it all connected.
HL7 2022 年 5 月 15 日 上午 8:10 
I've tried all you said here and nothing worked... I've tried also like 15 differents things with no success, i've returned my pro controller and the new one don't work too, I really don't know what to do a this point
Bad 💀 Motha 2022 年 5 月 15 日 上午 8:57 
引用自 HL7
I've tried all you said here and nothing worked... I've tried also like 15 differents things with no success, i've returned my pro controller and the new one don't work too, I really don't know what to do a this point


What all did you try please?

The most common mistake is people not knowing the difference between their usb cables. Charge vs Data Sync. Data Sync usb cables do both. Charge cables are just that, charge-only.

You need your own usb type-a to usb type-c cable that is data sync kind. If your Desktop or Laptop has a type-c port on it then you could use a type-c to type-c /male to male cable.

Nintendo Switch and Switch Pro controller are plug and play on Win10/11. If you want to do it through Bluetooth, that's a bit more complicated. But if you have Win10 20H2 or newer or Win11, you should have no problems using it in plug and play mode via a USB Data Sync cable.

The fact your PC doesn't see it (look in device manager and joy.cpl) then this tells me you are using a charge only usb cable
TheMuffinMan 2022 年 11 月 17 日 下午 11:36 
Hey all,

I've also tried just about everything on this forum and others and nothing seems to be working. I've reset the controller, turned on wired connection, disconnected all controllers from switch, turned off switch completely, held the button down then connected, vice versa, button mashing, installed Betterjoy drivers, and NOTHING WORKED :(((.

The messed up thing is that I have a third party controller (it's old and broken now) that used to be my primary gaming controller that when I first got it was a simple plug and play. I decided to see if that was the case still, AND IT IS! (One of the sticks drifts like crazy) but it works perfectly fine! and is recognized by my computer and everything.
(link to controller: https://www.amazon.com/Enhanced-Controller-Nintendo-officially-licensed-light-up/dp/B08WXZ22KW/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=power+a+switch+controller&qid=1668756848&sprefix=power+a+%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-16)

The closest I've gotten to this thing working is that I have to connect the controller, restart the computer and leave it connected. Then the charging light comes on and sometimes blinks, but that's it. As soon as I disconnect the controller or press the Sync button on the top the light is gone and won't come back. I'm losing it over here, can someone please help?
FRAN7IC_ACE 2023 年 1 月 26 日 上午 4:49 
Anyone found a fix for it with windows 11 , my switch pro works fine with windows 10 on my laptop
in my new build it won't even charge but only when the device boot to windows , when i enter the bios menu it starts charging and the orange light on top turns on , when the windows boot it starts flickering and the moment i press any key it turns of
poobalu 2023 年 3 月 11 日 下午 6:43 
I wanted to chime in here that I tried the methods listed in this forum and it turns out that my controller only works on PC when using the official Nintendo cable that came with the pro controller. It detected it right away and saved the configuration for it almost immediately.
Bad 💀 Motha 2023 年 3 月 11 日 下午 6:59 
引用自 poobalu
I wanted to chime in here that I tried the methods listed in this forum and it turns out that my controller only works on PC when using the official Nintendo cable that came with the pro controller. It detected it right away and saved the configuration for it almost immediately.

It should work with other cables but the cable has to be a data-sync cable and not a charge only cable. If you go to use a usb cable with a controller and it doesn't show up as a device on the system, that's a charge only cable
Kyle07 2023 年 4 月 10 日 上午 3:09 
I have the same issue. The difference is that my pro controller worked fine on PC and steam. But one day, when I tried to reconnect the controller via bluetooth, it was not findable anymore.

Luckily I have this issue only with the pro controller, but all other controllers work as of now.

The pro controller is just not appearing in the Bluetooth devices and this is odd. My Bluetooth adapter even displays NO devices until the pro controller stops searching, it is so strange.

The suggested way with the sync button and the Nintendo cable does work for me, but as I play on a 65" TV, I don't wanna use the cable.
最后由 Kyle07 编辑于; 2023 年 4 月 10 日 上午 3:23
sheol 2023 年 5 月 31 日 下午 12:05 
necro, but i was having this issue since i built my new pc and had no idea how to fix it - even moreso, in fact, as my pc wouldn't even recognise the controller at all, no charging or anything

someone said to go into device manager and try updating the usb drivers, which i tried
checked all of them and there were no updates available, so - whilst device manager was still open - i just tried plugging in the controller again and, for some reason, it just worked perfectly

it seems like a completely nonsensical thing and might have zero correlation whatsoever, but if you're having this problem then try repeating this: opening device manager, checking for updates on all your usb drivers, and then plugging in the controller
KapBambi 2023 年 7 月 14 日 上午 9:13 
for me only this solution worked:
while the controller is plugged in with the usb cabel, i restarted (not a full shut down; restart!) my pc.
after restart, everything woked fine.
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