Windows 10: Use joystick as a mouse

Hello!

I have connected my laptop to my large TV through HDMI and I use it for watching movies and also play some casual games, mostly MAME and other emulators or old non-demanding games. I have an old-fashioned arcade-style analog joystick (looks like an Amiga joystick with 4 buttons) that plugs to the standard gameport and I connect it with a gameport-to-USB adapter from Logilink to my laptop. It works great in MAME and other old games. One inconvenience is that I have to use a wireless mouse to launch any application or game. I remember back in Windows XP you could go to Accessibility and configure a joystick as mouse. That means moving the cursor with the joystick and use button 1 to left click and button 2 to right click. I could not find any similar setting in Windows 10. Is that possible? Do I need a third-party software for this? If that matters the joystick can only operate in DirectInput mode, it doesn't support Xinput, but I would like to know of a similar solution for Xinput controllers, if there is one. Thank you in advance.

PS: Using joystick as a mouse would impact playing games with a joystick? I certainly don't want that. I run Windows 10 v1909 64-bit, if that matters.

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Use joystick as a mouse

Hello!

I have connected my laptop to my large TV through HDMI and I use it for watching movies and also play some casual games, mostly MAME and other emulators or old non-demanding games. I have an old-fashioned arcade-style analog joystick (looks like an Amiga joystick with 4 buttons) that plugs to the standard gameport and I connect it with a gameport-to-USB adapter from Logilink to my laptop. It works great in MAME and other old games. One inconvenience is that I have to use a wireless mouse to launch any application or game. I remember back in Windows XP you could go to Accessibility and configure a joystick as mouse. That means moving the cursor with the joystick and use button 1 to left click and button 2 to right click. I could not find any similar setting in Windows 10. Is that possible? Do I need a third-party software for this? If that matters the joystick can only operate in DirectInput mode, it doesn't support Xinput, but I would like to know of a similar solution for Xinput controllers, if there is one. Thank you in advance.

PS: Using joystick as a mouse would impact playing games with a joystick? I certainly don't want that. I run Windows 10 v1909 64-bit, if that matters.

 

joystick

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Which version of Windows are you currently using?
   
2. Since when are you facing this issue?
   
3. What is the make and model of the joystick?
   

You can try few troubleshooting steps and check if that helps. Run the
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Tap on Windows + I on the keyboard.
   
2. Click on Update and Security.
   
3. Select Troubleshoot option.
   
4. Now click on Hardware and Devices and
   Run the troubleshooter.
   

You can also refer the following article to
troubleshoot game controllers in Microsoft games.

Hope it helps.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

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