Windows 10: Gameinputredist.dll crashes dwm.exe when USB game controllers are plugged in

On my system when you plugin usb game controllers the 2nd monitor will lose signal and the screen will flicker until windows crashes and logs me out entirely. The issue is 100% tied to Gameinputredit.dll because I wrote a script that disables it and the issue goes away. This applies to both Windows 10 and 11

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Sidewinder Game Controller Software 4.0

Hi Willard,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to download Sidewinder Game Controller Software 4.0

• Disconnect the game controller from your computer's universal serial bus (USB) port.
• Insert the Microsoft Sidewinder compact disc into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Hold down the SHIFT key to prevent installation from automatically starting.
• On your desktop, double-click My Computer, and then browse to the following file:
  CD-ROM drive:\Setup\Setup.exe
  
• Double-click Setup.exe to start the installation process.
• Restart your computer when prompted.
• Plug the SideWinder game controller into your computer's USB port, and then allow Microsoft Windows to detect and install it.
  
  Install the software update if the controller is the Sidewinder Game Controller Software 4.0
• Restart your computer.

Let us know the status.

Regards,

Guru Kiran

 

Games work fine on battery but crash when plugged in

Hello guys

My laptop is a HP (Win 10, Intel i5-6200U, AMD Radeon R5 M330 2GB Graphics, 8Gb RAM)

Since last week I am facing a weird problem where my games (War Thunder, Civ6, GTA5) work fine on battery power but crash after plugging in the charger. (The laptop doesn't crash just the game becomes unresponsive). If I launch them when plugged
in, they crash after a few seconds. Steps i have already taken

1. Updated display drivers
2. Reinstalled display drivers
3. Changed power plan settings
4. Reinstalled Windows 10
5. Reinstalled the games
6. Unplugged all connected device

This is an extremely irritating issue so any assistance would be appreciated

Thanks

 

Game Controller Settings Window (Windows Common Shell DLL) freezes

As the title says, I've had this issue since around 1st the June now when a Windows update came out.

What happens is that seemingly regardless if I have controllers plugged in or not, and if it's plugged in, it doesn't matter what kind of controller I plug in, the Game Controller Settings (Windows Common Shell DLL, shell32.dll) window keeps freezing all the time. It'll unfreeze for a little moment before freezing once more.

This wouldn't be too big of an issue - if it wouldn't also impact Steam and games, making it take few minutes for first Steam to recognize the controller - and then a minute or more for Steam to actually assign the controller to work in-game.

I've gone to Microsoft Support about this all the time now. They've made me do:
- System Restore
- Rolling Back to older version
- In-Place Upgrade
- Rolling Back again to older version
- PC Reset
- and Windows Clean Re-Installation

And each time the problem persists.

I've added the crash report and the msinfo32.txt into the attachment for people to check. Let me know what else I can offer to give more info about.

Thanks in advance.