PowerA Nintendo Switch Wired Controller Not Working in Nintendont

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I own a wired PowerA Switch Controller I've tried to get to work with Nintendont. It works with HIDtest, but not nintendont.
I looked far and wide, made my own .ini, used a config for this controller and I even made sure to name it with the VID and PID and put it in the controllers folder on my usb.
I am completely stuck on what to do next, so if anyone could figure out what is wrong that would be great.

this is the box of the one I have specifically.
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I vaguely remember that you have to name the file controller.ini and place it on the root of your SD card
 

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I believed it needed to be named based on the VID and PID, but i will check that out quickly.
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I vaguely remember that you have to name the file controller.ini and place it on the root of your SD card
nope
 
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Try the attached one, but modify VID & PID data to your needs.

Keep in mind that this one is for a Power A PS3 wired controller.
 

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looking through my pc i was able to find the switch ini file I used for nintendont, hope it works.
 

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Try the attached one, but modify VID & PID data to your needs.

Keep in mind that this one is for a Power A PS3 wired controller.
Lemme try real quick
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looking through my pc i was able to find the switch ini file I used for nintendont, hope it works.
I'll try using this as well, any idea if what you said earlier is how I have to make it work?
 

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Lemme try real quick
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I'll try using this as well, any idea if what you said earlier is how I have to make it work?
yeah just change the file name to controller.ini and place it at the root of your sd card
 

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UPDATE: I finally decided to see if it just couldn't read the ini by using HID test, it does recognise it, but allegedly "the configuration is not for this device" I can still press buttons and move the sticks and it reacts accordingly, just with that line of text. Now I really have no idea what is wrong.
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Here’s an image of hid test right now, sorry for the glare btw
 

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UPDATE: I finally decided to see if it just couldn't read the ini by using HID test, it does recognise it, but allegedly "the configuration is not for this device" I can still press buttons and move the sticks and it reacts accordingly, just with that line of text. Now I really have no idea what is wrong.
are yah using the ini you created or the one i sent? cause the one i sent works for me
 

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if anyone leaves comments over the next week, I may not be as active but I'll try and check the thread as often as possible
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Try the attached one, but modify VID & PID data to your needs.

Keep in mind that this one is for a Power A PS3 wired controller.
I kinda completely forgot about this, gonna try this now
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from that, the other errors are fixed but the "this config is not for this device" text is still there and it still doesn't work.
 
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