Ages ago I plugged a fake PS3 controller which installed a Plug-And-Play driver labeled as 'PLAYSTATION(R)3Conteroller', yup, including the typo.
Now whenever I connect an original controller this fake driver takes it's place, making it impossible to work properly.
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If I uninstall this driver in the 'Device Manager' there's no 'Delete' option and it will come back to life once I reconnect the controller. If I uninstall and manually delete the driver files (hidclass.sys, hidparse.sys and hidusb.sys) they will still return when the controller is connected again.
In the Device Manager it shows up as 'HID-compliant game controller'.
Thank you
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro x64
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With Device Remover I was able to get rid of the fake driver completely, afterwards I installed the correct driver.