win 8, how to reinstall Bluetooth driver?

winhelp

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Hi,
I have a HP laptop, Win 8.1 and it has built-in Bluetooth 4.0. I ran into an issue where I couldn't remove/unpair a bluetooth device. It seems to be a known problem and I see other people have run into it without having solved the issue.

Anyways, in my attempts to try things, I removed the Bluetooth 4.0 driver from the device manager window. I thought I would just have go and say install driver to fix it. But the Bluetooth adapter doesn't show up anywhere in the device manager. I've tried expanding everything, and couldn't see anything that looks like the bluetooth adapter.

I tried searching for new hardware, but that was in the printers and devices settings windows.

Can someone help direct me on how to get the Bluetooth driver re-installed?

Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Quad Core AMD
Have you tried PC settings as that is where mine is along with Wifi settings if it shows then click to enable it once you have it should show up
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64 Home Version 1803 (Build 17134).472
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP 15-bw067sa
    CPU
    AMD Dual-Core Processor E1-7010(1.5GHz)
    Motherboard
    HP
    Memory
    4096MB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon tm R2 Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 Pixels
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba
    Case
    True Blue
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Prection Touchpad
    Mouse
    Built in with touch keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Fast
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Microsoft Office 365 new version: Fast Track Office 2016
    CCleaner
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