PS4 controller issues on PC

Having a problem with PS4 controller that started just a few days ago. I launch ff14 with the controller already plugged in, it works fine. If i unplug it while the game is up and plug it in again it stops working.

When everything is working properly, under gamepad settings>device it shows "wireless controller". When i unplug my controller and plug it back in again, the device automatically changes to "6 axis 14 button device with hat switch" and the controller remains unresponsive in ff14 until i change it back to "wireless controller".

I don't use any sort of software (like better DS4) and have been using ps4 controller with no issues since early 2.0 days with the workaround in the linked reddit post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...roller_issues/

Please Help! It's annoying to have to keep resetting the settings when i unplug my controller.