Remove the current network profile

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In Windows 7 SP1, how do I remove the current network profile (Ethernet or wireless) so that, when I restart my system, Windows creates a new network profile?

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You would need to do some registry hacking, but I’m not sure what bits to hack.
Why do you want to do this?

cheers, Paul

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You would need to do some registry hacking, but I’m not sure what bits to hack.
Why do you want to do this?

cheers, Paul

What is the procedure to do this?

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This post shows how to remove old network adapters.
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/954-how-to-remove-old-network-adapter-settings

cheers, Paul

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This post shows how to remove old network adapters.
https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/954-how-to-remove-old-network-adapter-settings

cheers, Paul

This is applied to XP.

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If you want to remove a network adapter, open device manager, find the network adapter and right click on it, select “uninstall this device”. Re-boot when the uninstall is complete so the device will be re-discovered by Windows.

--Joe

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I’m sorry but if I wanted to remove all the parameters of the current network profile on an Ethernet or wireless connection so that Windows will create a new network profile when I reboot the system, how should I do?

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The way I do it is to go Start – type regedit and press enter – accept the UAC then navigate –

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/WindowsNT/CurrentVersion/NetworkList/Profiles

Click on each key and in the right pane, the Ethernet Description will be Network with any others being for the wireless SSID for past and present if you’ve ever changed your router.

Right click on the appropriate key and select Delete and then do the same in Signatures/Unmanaged.

Prior to making any changes though, you could click on the word Profile then File/Export – give it a name and Save and that will be saved as a .reg file.

To restore, click on File/Import and point it to the saved .reg file.

Windows will auto create a new key when you are wired on the computer reboot, but if you remove the SSID one as well, then you will have to enter the password again when it discovers the SSID.

EDIT – Forgot to add, if you want to remove the wireless profile as well, first remove the SSID from Network and Sharing Center/Manage wireless connections or you could end up with a duplicate entry.

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I use netsh (although I’ve never removed a wired profile, only wireless ones… and strongly suggest you export them first before deleting them).

Have a look at Delete a network connection in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Hope this helps…

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I use netsh (although I’ve never removed a wired profile, only wireless ones… and strongly suggest you export them first before deleting them).

Have a look at Delete a network connection in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Hope this helps…

With the netsh command, it is possible to reset only the parameter that indicates the type of network profile of an Ethernet or Wireless in use so that, at the next connection, Windows asks the user again which type of network profile he would like?

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With the netsh command, it is possible to reset only the parameter that indicates the type of network profile of an Ethernet or Wireless in use so that, at the next connection, Windows asks the user again which type of network profile he would like?

Sorry but no. netsh is just a commandline tool used, primarily, to make network-related changes within the registry. I think you would need a call to an ADVAPI function in order to generate a Windows prompt to choose what type of network profile was wanted, but I personally don’t know how to do this.

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Have I wasted my time typing out my Post #8 ?

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Have I wasted my time typing out my Post #8 ?

No because if you knew tell me the item to change to ensure that Windows asks again the user the type of network profile when he reconnects to the network, I would be very interested.

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No because if you knew tell me the item to change to ensure that Windows asks again the user the type of network profile when he reconnects to the network, I would be very interested.

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We base our posts on the information given. Sometimes, we need to ask questions to get a better idea but your original post seemed clear. If you told us from the beginning what you were really trying to do perhaps there would have been much more appropriately targeted responses.

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No because if you knew tell me the item to change to ensure that Windows asks again the user the type of network profile when he reconnects to the network, I would be very interested.

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I’d forgotten that the last time I removed the profiles from the registry, I’d factory reset the router and switched it off and then deleted the keys – so when the router had rebooted and I wired up, it was an out of the box set up, so I had to re-enter all of the details and password.

Just deleting the keys then rebooting the computer wired up, profiles will be created automatically for both wireless and Ethernet.

But as already asked, why do you want to do this ?

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Do we waste our time 50% of the time? Maybe. 🙂

cheers, Paul

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So, what should I do to cause to Windows the request of the choice of the network profile when the user reconnects to a current Ethernet or Wireless network?

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So, what should I do to cause to Windows the request of the choice of the network profile when the user reconnects to a current Ethernet or Wireless network?

I’m confused about whether you mean choosing a network category (e.g. do you want to make this connection public or private) or whether you mean choose between existing type of network profiles (e.g. do you want to connect via a wired or wireless connection?)… or whether you mean choose between a number of existing wireless profiles (e.g. wireless access points that you’ve connected to before).

Sorry but I don’t understand what it is that you mean. Can you clarify what it is you are trying to achieve?

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A curiosity: By using the netsh command or by editing the Windows registry, how do I cause to Windows the request of the choice of the network category when the user reconnects to the current Ethernet or Wireless network?

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A curiosity: By using the netsh command or by editing the Windows registry, how do I cause to Windows the request of the choice of the network category when the user reconnects to the current Ethernet or Wireless network?

If it’s the choice between public/private then, again, IMO you’ll need a function call to ADVAPI or perhaps use PowerShell (for example, see How to force a network type in Windows using PowerShell).

Hope this helps but, sorry, I personally can’t help further.

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If it’s the choice between public/private then, again, IMO you’ll need a function call to ADVAPI or perhaps use PowerShell (for example, see How to force a network type in Windows using PowerShell).

Hope this helps but, sorry, I personally can’t help further.

Using the Set-NetConnectionProfile, is also possible to remove the network category in use so that, when the user reconnects to this network, Windows again to display the choice of network category window?

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Using the Set-NetConnectionProfile, is also possible to remove the network category in use so that, when the user reconnects to this network, Windows again to display the choice of network category window?

Sorry but, as per previous post, I personally can’t help further.

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In an Ethernet connection in use, if I delete the Category item in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionNetworkListProfiles key and I restart the system, when the user will attempt to connect to this Ethernet network, Windows will display the choice window of the network location type?

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No – the Ethernet just works again.

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How do I reset the parameters, related to the category of a network in use, saved by the NLA service so that Windows displays again the choice window of the network category when the user will have to reconnect to this network?

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I don’t think Windows 7 has what the OP is after, i.e. the Windows 10 (15111 and later) equivalent of =Networking%20Internet”]netcfg -d to reset the adapters.

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