Also, if you change the ports you are plugging the joysticks into, or leaving some unplugged when you load in, then windows will automatically rename the joystick based on available hardware at the time.
For example, I leave my trackir, pedals, and X-52 plugged in 100% of the time, but if I introduce my Xbox 360 controller to play say... Skyrim, and forget to unplug it. Then windows calls it Joystick 1, and my X-52 gets renamed, and down the line. All the axis settings in CoD refer back to the original configuration (with no 360 controller) so everything is messed up. CoD can't tell when hardware's been changed, it simply looks for X-axis on Joystick 1.
If I move my computer, I have to figure out which USB port each item goes into, otherwise, again, windows renames them and I have to go through the hassle of resetting the controls in CoD.
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