I recently bought a PS4 from a relative, who performed a factory reset before giving it to me. (He purchased the system new.) It came with two controllers and a USB cable. When I start up the console, it just brings me to a screen reading “Connect the DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller using the USB cable, and then press the PS button.”
In order to use a DualShock 4 on PC, you'll need to connect it via USB. It will not work with PS4 Remote Play wirelessly on your computer through a Bluetooth connection.
1. After plugging it in, try going to "set up USB game controllers" in control panel. (also can be searched with Cortana). If a controller is listed, click properties. See if it is recognizing your inputs. If it is recognizing your button pressing, you should be good to go. From here I used DS4 Windows to configure the controller.PC doesn't detect ps4 controller anymore, via USB. Just yesteday, I got a game on my PC that requires a ps4 controller. When I plugged it into a USB port, my system automatically detected it as a controller in the device manager section, as well as devices and printers. I used the DS4 software, and everything seemed to be working perfectly fine.
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