Freeze when using joystick hat switch

I have been having this same issue from the first day I started using the Thrustmaster TCA. I unmapped all hat switch functions including NPP and it seemed to have done the trick. However, after a few hours of flying, I then experienced 2 back to back CTD’s, both happening in the menu. Don’t know if the CTD (Crash to desktop) is related to the joysticks as well, but it will really suck if I have to go back to controller flying. I tried downloading drivers from Thrustmaster but the installer doesn’t seem to work properly. I would appreciate any recommendations.