Getting a joystick's path in Windows

Question

On Linux, I can access my joystick with the following path: /dev/input/js0

Is there a similar way I can access my joystick on Windows?

Answer 1

It might be accessible under the \\?\Device\ tree, check with WinObj. However, not all Windows APIs are able to access "files" under \\.\ and \\?\, so this won't help much.

Answer 2

AutoHotkey can access the joystick which you can use to trigger keyboard shortcuts and macros etc.