Joystick Port Is Not Removed When You Remove Sound Card

ID: Q132517

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you remove a sound card from your computer and remove the sound card in Device Manager, the joystick (game) port on the sound card continues to appear in Device Manager.


CAUSE

This behavior occurs because there is no parent-child relationship between the sound card and the joystick port. Therefore, when you remove the sound card in Device Manager, the joystick port is not automatically removed.


RESOLUTION

To manually remove the joystick port in Device Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop, and then click Properties.


  2. Click the Device Manager tab.


  3. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to Sound, Video, And Game Controllers to expand the branch.


  4. Click the Gameport Joystick device, and then click Remove.



STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.


MORE INFORMATION

Because the virtual joystick device driver (Vjoyd.vxd) is unable to detect whether the joystick port has been removed or the joystick port is present but has no joystick attached, the driver is always active.

As a result, when plug and play hardware detection is run on your computer, the joystick port is not automatically detected by Windows.

Additional query words: 1.00 gameport side winder 


Keywords          : kbenv kbhw kbimu 
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 5, 1999