Black Screen for seconds in game dwm.exe xbox one controller

Hi Kathy

Thanks for the response. Yes, I am developing a software solution for controllers. I can provide the detailed description of what I am trying to do.

First off, I am a software developer that tailors towards windows gaming handhelds (Aya Neo, One X Player, GPD). These are excellent devices, with built in Xinput controllers. This makes playing games mobile wonderful, but other tasks are more difficult.

Two scenarios:

Playing docked to a TV. If you use an external controller, the built in one interferes with player assignment. You need to disable it to make the externally controller player 1 or use 4 external controllers.

Using an emulated mouse with the built in controller. Using the joystick for mouse emulation is great for getting little things done. However, dwm.exe often picks up the controller and creates its own navigation method for menus. The dwm.exe navigation is not convenient for these gaming handhelds and interferes with the emulated mouse navigation. You can see this in the Linus Tech Tips video here: https://youtu.be/TQV5ZywkAx8?t=461.



In windows 10, I developed a method to disable the xinput controller without restarting, by using handle.exe to quickly end the process resources and disabling. This worked wonderful. A process that would occasionally pick up the xinput controller was dwm.exe. Handle.exe was able to end the resource. The only negative side effect has a momentary loss of the screen.

In windows 11, using handle.exe to end the dwm.exe controller resource causes a blue screen of death.

Ultimately my goal would be control of how the xinput controller is used in windows. I would like to be able to disable it when needed without restarting. I would also like to see the controller navigation be able to turn off.

I can do both fairly reliably if I didn't have to do deal with dwm.exe picking up the controller resource.

Is there a better forum to post this to?

Best Regards,

Chris

10 seconds black screen when i start the game - then it continues to main menu.

STILL NO PATCH ON XBOX ONE!! : ( - Day 3

Sounds like a bug. Try a Power Cycle. Hold Down the power indicator button on your Xbox One for 10 seconds (the XB1 will shut off after 5 seconds, but continue to hold the power indicator for the remaining 5 Seconds). Wait 2 minutes and then power it
back on via the Xbox Jewel Button on your controller or the Power Indicator on the console. You will be greeted by a beautiful green screen and then a black one (which stays for a moment) and then the Xbox Home Screen. Hopefully this should do it.

If i connect the second controller first one stops working. It does this in all my games and on the xbox home screen.

I found a work around. No idea if it's permanent or not. Remove your profile from the Xbox One. Return to home. Hold down the power button for 10 seconds to clear the cache. The screen will go black, and the Xbox button on your controller will begin to pulse.
Release the power button, and the Xbox will turn on, this time going to the green "Xbox One" screen. After it returns you to the home screen, proceed with re-adding your profile and signing in.

Good luck everyone.