I guess it must, as UJR/UCR only work with these kinds of controllers ("DirectInput" controllers - "normal" joysticks). Well UJR/UCR do work with my pad although it does not appear in joy.cpl As I said it is recognized as an HID device and not as a game controller. (at least under win10, I remember...

DS3 does not recognize my PS2 pad without UCR/UJR.
The pad appears as an HID device and not as a game controller.

Will try your trick right now.
BTW is it possible to map a button to an arrow key?

Thanks a lot for your help. So I tried UJR in admin and it doesn't help. Next I tried UCR in admin mode and: - buttons mapped on a virtual stick do not work - buttons mapper on the keyboard do work From there it seems I can play, thanks a lot for that. Any idea why the virtual stick button are ignor...