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title: "Switch Pro Controller / Joy-Con Not Working on PC — Emulator Setup Guide"
canonical_url: https://emudesk.com/issues/switch-pro-controller-joycon-pc-emulator-setup
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published_at: 2026-08-31T18:22:23.000Z
updated_at: 2026-09-01T00:45:02.295Z
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# Switch Pro Controller / Joy-Con Not Working on PC — Emulator Setup Guide

I connected my Nintendo Switch Pro Controller or Joy-Cons to my PC via USB or Bluetooth, but my emulator (Eden, Dolphin, RetroArch, Cemu, or PCSX2) doesn't detect them or the buttons are scrambled. Nintendo controllers use neither XInput nor standard DInput on Windows — they need a driver wrapper to work. What's the fix?