Windows 11 Not Recognizing Logitech Joystick Extreme 3D Pro

Hi!
Like AviatorCSnet I too have had my Extreme 3D Pro since 2009, if I remember correctly. Yes, there have been issues through the different versions of Windows 11, but it has functioned and since the latest Windows 11 update and a little while earlier, the stick just works. My current Windows 11 version is:
Windows 11 Pro (Swedish) version 22H2, 22621.1555
Interface: Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22640.1000.0

I have used the Logitech Windows 10 lgs510_x64.exe driver before and that functioned as well, but for right now (April 2023), just let Windows 11 find and install it’s own drivers. When I look in the Device manager now there are two drivers installed, a HID and a USB Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.

If you need/want to calibrate the stick, just run joy.cpl and the “normal” Windows game controller device calibration app will start. If you don’t know how to run it, search for it and choose the control object. ( I have it in Swedish, so maybe my translation of it is not completely correct. )

I hope this helps anyone who still has ( I think ) one of the best and simplest all round joysticks ever made! It has enough buttons and controls to cover all the basic needs and more. I understand that Logitech need to sell newer models and therefore give answers like “It is not Windows 11 compatible”, but it obviously is!

Then again, the firmware/drivers might not be as secure as Windows 11 wishes it to be and therefore it cannot be classed as truely Windows 11 compatible, so Logitech may have a point. At the same time, the firmware and drivers could be adapted and updated, if Logitech wanted to…

“Just saying…”
:upside_down_face:
/MacD

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