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The thread discusses a user experiencing issues with their PS3 controller not being recognized in Windows, despite being detected physically. The troubleshooting reveals that prior driver software (MotionInjoy's DS3 Tool) was removed, leading to difficulties in detecting the controller via Device Manager. Respondents suggest potential conflicts or limitations with legacy driver support, proposing solutions such as switching to Windows 8-compatible devices or using virtual machines with Windows 7 to continue gaming with the controller. The overall sentiment indicates that, due to software and driver compatibility challenges, the user may need to consider alternative approaches to use their PS3 controller effectively.
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Since a couple of days ago, my PS3 controller, which used to work just fine, decided to stop working with my PC. My computer does detect the device; I hear a sound when I plug it in and if I go to devices and printers in the control panel it's there. But if I go to device manager, I can't seem to find it, even when I click the "Show hidden devices" button. If I use the "Solve problems" in the control menu, it says the device is not compatible with USB 3.0, even though the device is in an USB 2.0 port.
 

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MotionInjoy's DS3 Tool
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This set is not for non-latency legacy systems i.e. windows xp, vista and 7 is the only support... you could try to email the guy but it looks to me as if he just stopped.

Option 1, get a new windows 8 ps3 device.
Option 2, install windows 7 on vmplayer (or workstation) and play your games on that... your old ps3c will be happy again.
+ vmplayer = free (the full version is workstation) and you can use your 8.1 system when not playing the games.
- hyper-v comes free with 8.1 and vmware doesn't play nice with it so you can't have hyper-v & vmware on the same boot.
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Sounds like a driver conflict… have you changed software or updated something?
 

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Well, I used to use MotionInjoy's DS3 Tool, but that stopped working. After that I deïnstalled the drivers, and installed tried to use it without the DS3 Tool. But after I had deleted the drivers and the DS3 Tool, I wasn't able to find the controllers in the device mangers.
 

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StijnKuijper said:
MotionInjoy's DS3 Tool
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This set is not for non-latency legacy systems i.e. windows xp, vista and 7 is the only support... you could try to email the guy but it looks to me as if he just stopped.

Option 1, get a new windows 8 ps3 device.
Option 2, install windows 7 on vmplayer (or workstation) and play your games on that... your old ps3c will be happy again.
+ vmplayer = free (the full version is workstation) and you can use your 8.1 system when not playing the games.
- hyper-v comes free with 8.1 and vmware doesn't play nice with it so you can't have hyper-v & vmware on the same boot.
 

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So, that basically means I can't use my current PS3 controller on this PC ever again?
 

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