Friday, August 23, 2013

Windows 8 does not let you manage wireless connection profiles.

Recently I have found out that Windows 8 has a major flaw (besides the absent Start panel, app/program confusion, lack of intuitive use, etc etc.) - it is impossible to prioritize your wireless profiles.

Now, when you need to delete an incorrectly set wireless profile - the SSID has to be in range and show up in the list of detected wireless networks, you then need to right click the needed SSID and choose "forget network". Then all you have to do is re-connect to the network with the correct passkey.

It is however not so simple when it comes to managing the priorities of your network profiles. This is when Microsoft makes us choose either a third party wireless management tool (such as one that comes with your wireless network card) or the Command Line Interface.

To prioritize your profiles using CLI you'll need to do the following:
1. Open command prompt using the run box (Windows key + R), type cmd and hit enter.
2. In the command prompt type:

set profileorder name="profile1" interface="Wireless Network Connection" priority=1

Now, "profile1" is the name of the SSID of the network you need to prioritize, and "interface" is the name of the wireless connection interface as it's shown inside "network cconnections" - you can check the name of your wireless interface by going into "Change adapter settings".

windows 8 manage wireless profiles

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