Preferred wireless networks

[outlookman]

Does anyone know where Windows keeps the preferred networks settings for a wireless adapter? I watched the registry in real-time and I could not see them. It is possible that it is stored in a file.

Either way I want to write a program/script to purge all preferred networks and restore the default one.

 

[cricket]

Control Panel -->Network Connections
Right Mouse your Wireless Network Connection and select Properties
The middle tab on the next window shows 'Wireless Networks'.
This will allow you to delete unused connections and promote your preferred network connection to the top of the list.

This is not a programmable method, but unless you wish to do it very frequently, this method satisfies most people.

 

[outlookman]

cricket thanks for this information, but I am looking to automate the procedure. A double click or scheduled task is the solution I am looking for.

 

[tgignac]

Hey Outlookman

Use regmon:

The location is undocumented.

But using regmon (

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html)

I can
see that the key
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WZCSVC\Parameters\Interfaces\{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}\Static#0000
is changed every time I change the SSID or WEP Key.

The SSID is shown in clear.

 

[outlookman]

Hmmmmmm. I am very familiar with Regmon. That was the program I was using in the first place.I must have filtered that key by accident. I will look again. Thanks!

 

[tgignac]

No problems
Hope it works out for ya.