I want to use joytokey button assignments for games that originally had (crappy) gamepad support. (The Wing Commander series for example. ) I set up the profile, but the game always reverts to using the in-game joystick configuration and ignores joytostick.

In other words, the game detects the gamepad (xbox360 pad) and automatically gives it the default button setup.

Is there a setting I can change so I can exchange the dosbox joystick configuration with the joytokey profile?

I'm using Xpadder 5.3 (latest free version but you can buy a newer one for 10$)
it works really great with almost any kind of controller, I'm using it mostly for my
X360 controller, it lets you define keyboard keys for your controller (analog sticks included etc)
so ingame you can choose keyboard but still play with the controller as you like :)

hello, im having problems as well with my jotokey and xpadder. is there anyway you can upload your profile.
thanks J

Sure, here is my Xpadder + my X360 controller profile (using it for Redneck Rampage): Link :)

Enjoy and good luck!