Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

I wouldn't doubt that, this friend has me do all of his computer stuff for him. However it was a fresh install and he hadn't played anything until that moment so idk. His computers have always been anomalous.

The default vJoy driver for the GC adapter does not play well with dolphin. You have to override it with zadig: https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=How_to_use_the_Official_GameCube_Controller_Adapter_for_Wii_U_in_Dolphin#Driver_installation_with_Zadig