Windows 10: update to windows 10 1909 stops and says my realtek bluetooth needs attention but I have a...

Help,


I have an ASUS X556U that I can't update. Would ASUS have put Realtek drivers in this laptop as well as the qualcomm ones

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Cannot update Win 10 to v1909 Realtek Bluetooth driver has to be updated

It seems that your Realtek Bluetooth driver is too outdated,
as described in the Microsoft article

Updating to a new version of Windows 10 on devices with some driver versions for Realtek Bluetooth radios.

A workaround is found in the article
Microsoft Removes Windows 10 1909 Realtek Driver Update Block
:

• Download these two Realtek Bluetooth radio drivers:
  Driver 1
  and
  Driver 2
  
• Using File Explorer, double-click both and extract their contents
  into the same folder, but in two different sub-folders
  
• Start Device Manager
  
• Find and expand "Bluetooth"
  
• Right-click the Realtek device and select Update Driver
  
• Select "Browse my computer for driver software" and position to the
  above folder
  
• It should find the drivers and install them
  
• Select Close.
  

Windows 10 version 1909 may now agree to install (if it finds the hardware
acceptable).

 

Windows 10 1803 -> 1903 Update Fails Because of Realtek Bluetooth

Doesn't help. As I mentioned, I've already followed the steps outlined in the article - the problem is there is no Realtek device in my Bluetooth group in Device Manager; no such driver exists. There's also no corresponding Windows update that I could uninstall in Programs and Features for this, and no Realtek Bluetooth program I can uninstall - the only Realtek program I have is Realtek High Definition Audio Driver, which I don't think works for this. My computer doesn't even have an in-built Bluetooth device, I use an external Bluetooth Adapter (from TP-Link, dunno the specific model, and the driver I use is just Generic Bluetooth Radio). In my Bluetooth devices, there's my bluetooth speaker (boAt STONE 200), and the Microsoft Bluetooth LE Enumerator (and a clone of the same, written in very weird script).

 

Cannot update Win 10 to v1909 Realtek Bluetooth driver has to be updated

Ran into this problem also, complaining about old Realtek BT drivers but none installed.

First check for non-present devices in Device Manager by enabling hidden items under View/Show hidden devices. If you still don't see your bluetooth device listed, you may have an orphaned driver file like I did.

Check your C:\Windows\System32\drivers folder for the file RtkBtfilter.sys.
An old Realtek bluetooth driver, not being used but detected by the updater.

Deleted the file and update was able to continue.

There was nothing logged in the CompatData().xml files as suggested to check here:

https://www.howtogeek.com/416169/how-to-fix-what-needs-your-attention-windows-10-setup-errors/

(I guess because it wasn't installed nor was there any inf file for it.)