Bluetooth Missing From Taskbar and Settings/Device

TomBrooklyn · 02 May 2016

Laptop Acer Aspire V
Windows 10

Could anybody advise how I might get my bluetooth functionality back? It was working before.

The bluetooth icon is gone from the taskbar, and it's missing from Settings/Device.

I can't hook up my external bluetooth speaker. I was able to as recently as a few days ago.

I recently plugged in a bt dongle for a wireless mouse; but I'm almost sure I've used the bt speaker since then.

I also use the speaker with a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone. I've been able to use the speaker going back and forth between the phone and the laptop before.

Bluetooth shows in the Device Manager.

davidhk · 02 May 2016

............. I was able to a week or so ago .....................

Suggestion only :

Do a system restore. Pick a date at least a week ago as your restore point.
System Restore Windows 10

TomBrooklyn · 03 May 2016

I didn't do anything, and it came back on its own. I don't know where it went, but it's back. Maybe it came back on a reboot.

So I didn't have to do a System Restore.

Thanks.

davidhk · 03 May 2016

That's wonderful.

orlbuckeye · 03 May 2016

Well the part about it being on the taskbar as you can set which shortcuts you want to display. You can go into connections and select bluetooth. Sometimes I have to re-pair my external bluetooth speaker. Sometimes I just turn bluetooth off and on to find the device or selecte delete device and then it pops back up and I re-pair.