Steam Controller not working

Okay.  

Recently I realized my Steam controller was not working.  None of the advice I could find online was working.  A large portion of the hardware was detected in random categories as 'HID Compatible' but a significant portion of it was, predictably, detected as Razor hardware.

After hours of tinkering I've figured out a reliable way to resolve the issue.
Unfortunately for razor users it involves deleting the driver.

• Unplug the steam controller dongle and turn off the controller (pop out the batts and pop em back in).
• Run cmd in administrator
• "set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1"
•  "start devmgmt.msc" 
• Device manager will launch
• At the top, under the view menu, hit 'Show hidden devices'
• Go under the 'Razor' tab
• Look for the half opaque ones
• Right click and hit 'Uninstall Device'
• It will have a checkbox.  Make sure to toggle the 'remove/delete driver' option
• Uninstall device half opaque in that tab.  You wont need to toggle for the rest.
• Launch steam big picture
• Hit 'settings' (the gear)
• Hit the controller options
• plug in your controller dongle.  turn on your controller.
• You SHOULD see 'add steam controller' under the options now.  Don't bother clicking it yet.  You've got one more step.
• Pop them batteries out of your controller again
• Pop the batts back in but DO NOT turn it on yet
• Click 'add steam controller'
• It should prompt you to 'hold x and turn on your controller'.  Do that.
• Enter the button combination.

The controller is now properly paired and working.  To turn the controller off from now on your can do so one of two ways:

1. Wait til it turns itself off due to non-use.  (NOT recommended because it can make your internet browser buggy and skippy)
2.  In big picture under the power menu there is an option that says 'turn off controller'.  I recommend this 1000%

Be sure to use other people's controller configs when using this controller.  It'll save you a buttload of time.

Anyway.
I hope this helps someone!


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