Initial Setup

Settings

The settings window is the main interface of Joyxoff. From there, you can determine how you would like Joyxoff to run and customize the features available within it.

How to Open The Settings Window

By default, the settings window will pop up right after the Joyxoff installation. To manually access the Settings window, do the following:

1. Right-click on the Joyxoff icon located in the system tray.
2. Select Settings option.

General Settings

Settings > General

The General tab is where you configure the UI settings and control Joyxoff's behavior.

• Run on Windows startup
  Allow Joyxoff to automatically launch when you turn on your computer.
• Check for updates automatically
  Allow Joyxoff to check for updates automatically and notify you when a new version is available.
  Remarks: To allow update notifications you must check Show balloons tips option.
• Show balloons tips
  Allow Joyxoff to show notifications.
• Run on UAC prompts and sign-in screen
  Allows you to use Joyxoff on sign-in screen, UAC prompts and with some applications that require higher-level rights.
• Use "Controller 1" only
  If this option is enabled, JoyXoff will only accept input from the first controller it finds.
• Disable bindings on startup
  Prevent controller bindings from being activated on system startup.
• Languages
  Set UI language.

Remarks: If you want to use Joyxoff with applications that require higher-level rights, then the Run on UAC prompts and sign-in screen option must be checked. Otherwise, some Joyxoff functions may stop working. For security reasons, the User Interface Privilege Isolation (UIPI) restricts system interface to LocalSystem.

Profiles Settings

Settings > Profiles

The Profiles tab is where you can create profiles for programs/games.

• Desktop bindings
  This is the global profile. Any binding set in this profile applies to all processes that have not been added to Process bindings.
• Virtual keyboard
  Virtual keyboard profile.
• [ + ]
  Adds a new profile.

[ + ] Description

Menu	Description
Recent processes	List that shows the most recent processes. If you run a process with Joyxoff already running, the process will show up in this list.
Browse	Browse for the executable file that you want to create a profile for.

Mouse Settings

The Mouse tab allows you to configure the mouse cursor/scroll sensitivity and acceleration.

Keyboard Settings

Settings > Keyboard

The Keyboard tab allows you to configure the keyboard repeat delay and repeat rate. When the option Use the default system settings is checked, Joyxoff simulates these values based on current keyboard settings in Windows.

Remarks: Changing these settings does not affect the existing physical keyboard settings.

• Virtual keyboard mode
  Allows to choose between the two modes available: Spiral and Plain.
• Virtual keyboard layout
  Allows to choose the virtual keyboard layout. The Auto option will select the current keyboard layout.
• Color theme
  Allows to choose between the two themes available: Dark and Light.
• Position
  Allows you to choose the virtual keyboard position.
• Resize the active window automatically if the virtual keyboard is open
  When this option is enable, the foreground/active window will be resized so that it is not overlapped by the virtual keyboard.
• Close the virtual keyboard automatically when the active window is changed
  When this option is enable, the virtual keyboard will be closed if the foreground/active window is changed.
• Reverse spiral letter order
  Change the spiral letter order.

Remarks: The Color theme and Resize the active window automatically if the virtual keyboard is open options only applies if Virtual keyboard mode is set to Plain.

Advanced Settings

Settings > Advanced

The Advanced tab is where you configure the left and right sticks deadzone and controller behaviors.

• Delay rate (in milliseconds) to turn off or show confirmation window when the binding button is held
  This value is relative to the function Turn off Controller (Xbox 360) that pops up a window to confirm if you want to turn off the controller.
• Disable confirmation window to turn off the controller
  When this option is checked, the Delay Rate value is ignored.
• Vibrate the controller when bindings are enabled/disable
  When this option is checked, the controller will vibrate when you toggle between Enable and Disable bindings function.
• Turn off all controllers on Windows shutdown
  When this option is checked, Joyxoff will turn off all connected controllers on Windows shutdown/sleep/restart.
  Remarks: exclusive for Xbox 360 controllers.

Remarks: It is very important to configure the stick deadzone, otherwise you may experience some erratic mouse behavior (e.g. mouse moving on its own).

About/Updater

Settings > About / Update

The About tab is where you can check for update and download the latest version.

Remarks: It is highly recommended that you update Joyxoff using this module to avoid any trickery or unwanted results. Joyxoff uses SHA-256 hashing for data integrity validation.

Configuration files

All configuration files are stored in %ProgramData%\Joyxoff. The ProgramData folder is hidden by default. If you are unable to see this location then please follow the instructions provided by Microsoft to show hidden files: https://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hidden-files#show-hidden-files

Files Description

Filename	Data Description
bindings.bin	Bindings.
config.bin	Settings.
pfslist.bin	Fullscreen state per process list.
state.bin	Controller state.

Remarks: If for some reason you experience any issues, try the following steps:

1. Close Joyxoff.
2. Make a backup of these files and then delete them all.
3. Restart Joyxoff and the files will be recreated.

Still, if the issue persists, please report it to diegoferracini@joyxoff.com.