HidHide
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What is HidHide?
- HidHide is a lightweight Windows tool that acts like a firewall for gaming controllers and other input devices
- Lets you selectively hide physical gamepads, joysticks, steering wheels, or HOTAS setups from most applications
- Sill allows specific programs (like configuration tools or virtual-device feeders) to see and use devices
Features
- Device Hiding: Allows users to deny specific applications access to one or more human interface devices (HIDs), effectively making them invisible to the application.
- Application Whitelisting: Provides an "Applications" tab where users can specify which programs (such as device configuration utilities or feeders) are permitted to "look through the cloak" and access hidden devices.
- Input Conflict Resolution: Prevents "double input" issues by hiding physical devices while using virtual feeders (like vJoy), ensuring applications only receive input from the intended virtual device.
- Customizable Device Filtering:
- Gaming Devices Only: Can limit the device list to just gamepads and joysticks.
- Disconnected Devices: Can display devices that were previously connected but are currently absent.
- Fine-Grained Control: Users can expand device entries to manage specific composite devices or block access to underlying device drivers for legacy applications.
- System Integration and Security:
- Kernel-Mode Driver: Runs as a filter driver on Windows 10 or higher with system privileges.
- Least Privileged Utility: The configuration tool itself does not require elevated administrative rights to run.
- Path Resilience: Automatically replaces logical drive letters with full paths in the whitelist to remain functional if drive mappings change.
- Diagnostic Tools: Includes logging via the Windows Event Viewer and adjustable tracing levels (controlled via the `wevtutil` command) for troubleshooting.
- Command Line Interface (CLI): Supports third-party software deployment through a CLI for automated configuration.
(*)Summarized by AI