Ok I give up, how do you get the joystick to work?

[Macka]

This procedure should work.
Go into Axes settings.
Select and double click on the axis you wish to assign. ie Elevator. Once the popup box has appeared move your stick forward and backward to identify the axis. It should have recognized your movements.
Click ok.
Now......select or click another axis to move the focus off your new assigned axis ie select rudder or aileron to change focus.
Now.....go back and reselect your newly assigned elevator axis. Move the Joystick and watch the dead-zone axis bars at the bottom of your screen. It should move in sync with your Joystick movements. Adjust the dead zones/linearity if you desire while here.
At this point you can repeat procedure for all of your other axis and or devices (rudder etc).
Before you Apply and exit you MUST save the new configuration using the save button, botton right.
Name your file ie X52...or Logitech or whatever. Save then Apply. Once you have done this it should recognize the saved file each time you load up.
If you attach another/different device you will need to make a new config file as above. For instance if you attach a new set of rudder pedals to your computer....or add a Logitech G13....or even a set of driving pedals for another game, like the fanatec or logitech G27 and forget to unplug them, you will need to repeat above procedure as the game or windows reassigns a new device number. So before your Joystick was Joystick1 it may now be reassigned as Joystick2 beacuse your driving pedals for some other game are recognised as JoyStick1 now. It sounds like pain in the ass but its really pretty easy......unfortunatey thats how Windows works with game controllers. Its even worse if your like me and play racing games, have multiple steering wheels and multiple joysticks for different games.