below) you will see a small red ball travelling on a dotted line between the connected device and your computer.

9(Optional) If you want to place a connection shortcut on your desktop, right-click again on the device icon and select Save Connection As Shortcut.

Then whenever you want to pair with and connect to that device, just turn the device on and double-click the shortcut icon.

For example, you could click this icon to automatically connect to Bluetooth headphones:

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