| Joel Franey/USgamer How to Connect Your PS4 Controller to Your PC With a USB Port Select the folder at the top to start downloading DS4Windows. You should be ready to attach your controller now! We'll explain how to do that just below.If you're running WIndows 8 or higher, you'll want to select 'Install the DS4 Driver.' If you're running Windows 7 or even older Operating Systems, you'll also want to click on 'Install 360 Driver.'.It shouldn't be very long, and is pretty good at helping you through the procedure. Open DS4Windows.exe and go through the set-up menu that comes up.There should be two: DS4Updater.exe, and DS4Windows.exe.

Choose where you want the extracted files to be sent.

After this, find out where it's been downloaded to within your PC's files (likely the 'Downloads' folder) and right-click on it, then select 'Extract All.'.

Go to this link and select the most recent build of the software in order to download it.

If you don't get this software, there's a good chance your computer simply won't recognise your controller and won't be able to work with it, so DS4 is pretty essential if you're not playing on Steam. How to Download and Install DS4WindowsĭS4Windows is a piece of software designed to make your computer and PS4 controller work together, basically by making your computer believe that it's an Xbox Controller instead. We'll go over them both below, as well as something you'll need first if you're playing games other than those on Steam: a driver for DS4Windows.

There's also two ways to connect your controller to your computer, either using a USB port, or a wireless bluetooth connection. Hooking up your controller to a PC isn't necessarily as simple as plugging it in, depending on what kind of games you want to play. How to Play PC Games With a PS4 Controller My Games are Showing Xbox Button Prompts When Using a PS4 Controller.How to Play Steam Games With a PS4 Controller.How to Connect Your PS4 Controller to Your PC With Bluetooth.How to Connect Your PS4 Controller to Your PC With a USB Port.How to Play PC Games With a PS4 Controller.

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