Windows 10: Bluetooth COMPLETELY Missing from Win 10 Laptop

Sorry if this is a double post, as I cannot seem to find my original I just posted. I'm not sure if the net ate it! LOL!

So, I've had my ASUS x540SA notebook for about 2 months. I disabled Bluetooth a few days later as I had no need for it. I just got a BT headset, went to re-enable BT, and nothing. It's completely vanished.

I've looked extensively online for a solution. I've tried everything, but nothing works. I have the Bluetooth Support Service and Bluetooth Handsfree Services, I reset both and set them to automatic. But NOTHING in Device Manager. I tried show hidden items, STILL nothing there. I even tried Add Legacy Hardware, but no listing there either. Other than the services, it seems to have totally disappeared and I am wits end. I contact ASUS Tech Support, they want me to send it in to be fixed. I'd prefer to avoid that. Now, I am not above resetting the laptop to factory if thats possible, but I'd prefer not to if I can.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

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Windows 10 unable to detect bluetooth

Original Title: WIndows 10 bluetooth missing

I upgraded my windows 7SP1 to windows 10, after the upgrade the Bluetooth section is completely missing from my laptop.

neither it shows the Bluetooth setting on control panel nor it shows anything on the Device Manager.

Please help how can I install back my bluetooth.

Device details

Dell Studio XPS 1647

 

Bluetooth entirely missing after win10

I recently upgraded to Win10 pro from win 7. But ever since , my bluetooth is not working. It's also missing from the device manager as well the registry. The laptop is a Lenovo Z480 and the latest drivers available are for Win 8.1. Please help.

 

How did you disable BT; via the taskbar icon (do you have one?), Action Center (see screen shot) ? If you do not have a driver in the Device Manager, you won't have a Bluetooth listed in the Action Center.





You'll need to find out which driver came with the laptop. There are 3 Bluetoooth drivers for your model on this ASUS support page (more than likely, you have the later Qualcomm)-
https://www.asus.com/support/Download/3/841/0/3/9q1yRddnHmWJeTep/45/

PS; to find your posts, click your name, View Profile, find latest posts. If this is a duplicate, delete the one with no responses, please.

 

I disabled it via the Action Center. I tried DLing the Qualcomm one from the ASUS site, but no luck still. And I know I'm not hallucinating, this laptop DID have Bluetooth when I got it. Seriously, this is SO frustrating.

 

Turn your BT device off, then on. Open Action Center. Is Bluetooth listed in the L column, like in my screenshot ?
If no, which BT driver did you dl from ASUS ? You might try the other one (you can always uninstall either). Open Device Manager. Check that the driver and devices are listed (see screenshot). R-click driver (Broadcomm, in my case)/Update Driver Software, then have Windows automatically search and install/restart. Good Luck