Windows 10: No idea why but the option to turn on Bluetooth is gone, I turned it off yesterday because...

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Turned off bluetooth, now the button is gone.

I bought a Bluetooth dongle (ZEXMTE), worked as I needed, but then I turn off Bluetooth under devices, and now I cannot get it to turn back on.








Ive ran the troubleshooter
The device shows up under device manager (when I unplug and plug it in, it plays the noise but doesnt flash anymore)
Ive tried reinstalling the driver
Made sure Bluetooth services are running

Also tried these steps:
No button for bluetooth in action center - Windows 10 Forums
blutooth not turning on in Windows 10 - Microsoft Community

So I went into the device manager, right clicked, uninstalled the device. When I plugged it back it in, voila its working again.

 

option to turn on bluetooth is gone

My bluetooth has always worked fine, today when I tried to connect my airpods it wouldn't let me because "bluetooth is off." Then I noticed the option to turn it ON is missing. I ran the troubleshooter and it said "Bluetooth is not available on this device.
Please try using an external adapter." but I KNOW that bluetooth is built in because it was working just FINE yesterday. I even tried going to device manager and I couldn't find bluetooth anywhere.

 

Turn On or Off Bluetooth in Windows 10  

Yes, Shawn, but only insofar as immediate effect (the button became unlit and the text on it greyed out). After making that observation, without re-enabling Bluetooth in device manager, I rebooted. Upon reboot, I find that:

• The Bluetooth button in Action center is once again lit,
• but "Bluetooth" is gone from the Devices menu, and
• Right clicking Bluetooth in Device Manager, presents "Enable" as an option (implying it is indeed disabled).