# dual-boot-bluetooth-pair

**Repository Path**: saebalee/dual-boot-bluetooth-pair

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: dual-boot-bluetooth-pair
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Python
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

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- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 1
- **Created**: 2025-06-25
- **Last Updated**: 2025-11-26

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## README


> I have moved away from using Windows / Linux for my desktop OS so I am no longer maintaining this repo. Feel free to fork and take it over :)

# Dual Boot Bluetooth Pair

This is a tool I use to pair a bluetooth device with my Windows OS and Linux Mint 17 OS on my dual boot laptop.

## Disclaimer

> This script involves accessing and modifying system files on the Windows / Linux systems and may risk damaging your computer. Proceed with the below steps at your own risk.

## Instructions

> I recommend backing up all config files before attempting the below steps.

The scripts in this project are intended to be executed on your Linux OS using [Python3](https://www.python.org/).

 1. Boot into Linux and pair bluetooth device(s).
 2. Reboot into Windows and pair bluetooth device(s).
 3. Download [PSExec](http://live.sysinternals.com/psexec.exe) and run the following command from a Command Prompt running in Administator mode:

```
psexec.exe -s -i regedit /e C:\BTKeys.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\BTHPORT\Parameters\Keys
```

 4. Copy the `C:\BTKeys.reg` file to a USB key (or leave on `C:` drive if it's accessible from the Linux OS).
 5. Turn off bluetooth device(s) and boot back into Linux.
 6. Copy the `BTKeys.reg` file to your Linux filesystem.
 7. Run `clean_reg_file.py /path/to/BTKeys.reg keys.reg` to clean the file (converts encoding to UTF8 and strips quotation marks).
 8. Run `bluetooth_fix.py --reg_path keys.reg`.
 9. From a terminal with `sudo`, navigate to `/var/lib/bluetooth/<ADAPTOR_MAC_ADDRESS>/` and use `ls` to get the mac addresses similar to the bluetooth device you are trying to pair, and re-name the directory to the new mac displayed in the output from step 8.
 10. Open `/var/lib/bluetooth/<ADAPTOR_MAC>/<DEVICE_MAC>/info` and modify the values as per output from step 8.
 11. Restart bluetooth with `sudo systemctl restart bluetooth`.