Windows 8.1: no Bluetooth menu in Device Manager

I just installed Windows 8.1 using BootCamp on my iMac (27-inch, Late 2012).
I downloaded afterwards the latest BootCamp support software (5.1.5) and installed the additionnal drivers, including the Broadcom ones. Bluetooth was working fine, my Apple Wireless Keyboard was responding and everything was a-okay.
I bought another keyboard -- a Microsoft Scultp Mobile one. It's also a Bluetooth device. So I go into Control Panel / Hardware and Sound / Add a device. Windows can't seem to detect any Bluetooth device as a try to add this new keyboard. I go into Setting / Change PC Settings to check out the Bluetooth menu and I found out it has suddenly disappear. I investigate further, check into Device Manager to see what's going on with the Bluetooth drivers only to find that there is no more Bluetooth menu available. It was there before between "Audio Input and Outputs" and "Computer", but now there's nothing.
I checked online but the only I found was for some people to remove their MotionInJoy drivers to make the menu reappear. I unfortunately never installed such a driver so it's not the source of my problem. I've used Windows Troubleshoothing to see if there was any drivers that I was missing but everything was okay on that front.
I can't bring back the Bluetooth option at all. I switched back to my MacOS X Mavericks session. The Bluetooth is working without problem there. But once I switch back to my Windows 8.1 session, there is still no Bluetooth options to be found anywhere. It makes no sense since it was there once I successfully installed this OS using BootCamp. How can a whole feature just disappear like that? I can't add anymore Bluetooth peripherals without this menu.
Somehow though, my Apple Wireless Keyboard, which is Bluetooth, can still work. Maybe through a separate driver from the BootCamp support software?
Is there a solution to this problem? Can I bring back the Bluetooth option in Device Manager? Has anyone encountered the same problem?

I recently had some BT issue's in Win8 so I wrote a topic about this subject. Maybe you need to replace the Broadcom drivers as well.
Please have a look here:
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Good luck.
Marcel

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