Realised I had 'Xpadder' and this works a treat for flight sticks as well as game controllers. Absolutely no issues with Xpadder and does everything that S.S.T does - will stick with it and not bother installing the latest S.S.T. software. Not sure wether Xpadder has 'shift key' support but I can live without that.
18 assignable switches is more than enough for me....and my aging memory
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