The one and only Legacinator.
Ever wondered why that darn game controller just won't show up in games, Steam or your favourite emulator? Machine crashes once you plug in a DualShock 3/4? Struggling with getting that lid off of your pickles jar? Well, I can't help you with that, but for the game controller issues, read on!
The Legacinator is a simple self-contained .NET 4.8 application that has one task: it scans your machine for traces of known legacy (outdated, potentially faulty) device drivers (leftovers from ScpToolkit, outdated ViGEmBus copies etc.) and provides a solution to the user.
- Detects and removes drivers from ScpToolkit installations
- Detects and removes HidGuardian
- Detects and removes outdated versions of ViGEmBus
- Detects and removes outdated versions of HidHide
- Detects the HP fork of ViGEmBus from 2018 and offers mitigation instructions
This tool was built for Windows 10. Anything lower might work but is not supported. Since .NET 4.8 ships with Windows, the tool should be ready to run once downloaded.
Get the latest signed release from here. If you feel adventerous, you can get the latest test build from here.
If you run the tool on a machine with legacy components, the window will fill up with one or more tiles listing components found:
Clicking them will either attempt an instant automatic fix or open a link to online articles on how to get rid of them in a safe and supported way. A few more detection examples:
On a "clean" machine you simply get a success dialog:
