Bluetooth On/Off toggle not showing in Windows 8.1 PC Settings

Question

I have recently purchased a cheap Bluetooth USB dongle from a local shop and plugged it in into my freshly installed Windows 8.1 Pro laptop, as it did not come with a Bluetooth adapter installed. All went good, I have a Bluetooth icon in my taskbar, but unfortunately a toggle to switch Bluetooth on/off in PC Settings - PC and devices - Bluetooth was not added. I would really like to have the option to switch the Bluetooth device on/off from there. Also, airplane mode does not disable Bluetooth, just Wi-Fi. Please tell me the steps needed to have this toggle available in PC settings...

P.S. My Bluetooth USB dongle is listed in Device manager as a Generic Bluetooth Radio made by Cambridge Sillicon Radio.

Solution

Usually, bluetooth settings not properly appearing under "PC and devices" is a driver issue. I'd recommend going to the Bluetooth USB dongle manufacturer's website and downloading/installing the latest drives for Windows 8.

Comments

[Valentin Radu]

Yes, the idea is that it does not have a specific driver. The manufacturer is some little Chinese company which provides no driver, so Windows installs a generic driver which works very well except the mentioned problem.