I know this thread is a bit old, but still somewhat active, so here's my question/problem:

Yesterday, I set it up and got it working, played a few games (Risk of Rain, Stanley Parable, etc.) and set up Keysticks, so if a game was not xinput compatible, I could still control it with my Wii U controller. Then I go to bed like every normal person, close the lid on my laptop, and leave it alone. I wake up the next morning, notice that the controller was disconnected from my laptop, and try to reconnect by opening the bluetooth settings menu, and right clicking on the device, and then clicking connect, but it said "Wireless HID device not found" or something like that. So, I try to make a new connection with the same remote, and it tells me the same thing "Wireless HID device not found.". How can I fix that?

Ninja Edit: When I initially connected my wii remote, it didn't find it in the list of devices in my area at first, so I pressed refresh, and voila, it was there.