epsxe joypad tech difficulties

[vannyhook]

my plugins are
petes open gl 1.76
P.E.OpS. DSound Audio 1.9
ePSXe CDR WNT/W2K core 1.5.2.

heres the deal ive got ps2 controller adapter ive used it on epsxe games b4 but 4 some reason it wont work on my other isos they play and everything i can even configure the buttons with the controller but they dont work whether its the controller or the keyboard, like im not pushing anything
i pushed f4 that i saw in troubleshooting didnt help restarted my comp twice ehhhhhhh any ideas.... the versions i used are 1.52 and 1.60 thx 4 ur help

[Shendo]

Try to push F5 while playing the game.