How to Disable or Enable Bluetooth Devices from the command line
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Andrew Sharrad 4/7/13

1. Download the Devcon package - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272 to your desktop or downloads folder.

2. Extract the Devcon package by double clicking on the download. Extract the files to a sub folder called "devcon extracted". Then copy the "devcon.exe" file from the i386 subfolder inside "devcon extracted".

3. Paste the devcon.exe file into a new working folder called "BT utilities"

4. Copy the enable_BT.cmd and disable_BT.CMD files into "BT utilities"

5. Modify the enable_BT.cmd and disable_BT.cmd files to include any additional device IDs that you might need.

6. Make the "BT utilities" folder available over the network, and test it.

7. You may be able to deploy this utility using group policy but bear in mind that any device manager operations, including those called by the Devcon utility, will require Administrative rights.
