Is connecting ps5 controller even possible at the moment?

picked this back up after a long break and now i can't connect ps5 controller. happy to be told i'm being thick about this. is there a proper order to this?
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britton_21 Oct 23, 2026
zeel_46
for bluetooth hold Create and the PS button together until the light bar starts double flashing, then add it from the bluetooth settings in windows. it shows up as Wireless Controller. for non steam games ds4windows handles dualsense fine and makes it look like an xbox pad.
jayr Sep 23, 2026
zeel_46
it is, it's just fiddly over bluetooth. wired is instant. one thing that trips people up on pc specifically: if you launch a game outside steam the pad often does nothing, because it's steam doing the translating - adding the game to steam as a non-steam shortcut and launching it from there usually fixes it.