This is quite convenient in Windows 7. In Windows 8. Windows 7 creates a network profile for Internet access. This specifies whether its location applies to a home network, a work group network or a public network. For my netbook, for example, I use various Internet access options. And occasionally I use Android smartphones for Internet access.
Either a hotspot is opened — or I use USB tethering. What annoyed me was that with USB tethering the name for my network is still counting Network 3, Network 4,…, Network But how do you get the old and orphaned network profiles out of Windows 7?
For Windows 8 I had described this some time ago within my German blog. Open the Network and Sharing Center enter 'network and' in search box and select the entry Network and Sharing Center for instance.
Or right click the network icon in the task bar's status bar and select the context menu command. Click under View your active networks in Network and Sharing Center to the icon shown see the arrow. Confirm the delete within the dialog box shown. So bad I'm getting a headache.
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Details Method for users running Windows 8. There are two ways to open the Wireless network overview Open the right Charm bar by dragging your mouse to the right top corner and choose Settings, then click on the icon shown below: In your task bar click on the icon shown below Windows 8 users: After opening the wireless network overview, right click on the network you would like to delete and choose Forget this network. Method 2: Remove profile s using Command Prompt This is more technical, but easy to execute if you follow the steps correctly.
When you click on an entry you will see this on the right side: As you can see in the picture, the yellow marked information is the information we require, look in the list for the same Profilename as we deleted with command prompt. Hope you enjoyed this guide, please respond if something is unclear. How satisfied are you with this article? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.
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Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this comment? In reply to Tzon's post on January 21, Hello Tzon,. Thank you for the comment, always appreciate it if people tell me their results and experiences. I do indeed miss the old system, but it's gone and we'll have to accept it for the time being. I've edited the original Wiki and added a guide for removing the registry entries as well, if you would be so kind to take a look and tell me if this information would have helped you if you had to do it.
You should now see the below screen:. In the above window we can delete the network connections or merge them together. You can use typical multi-select features of windows to select various connections, including ctrl-a, shift select and ctrl select. The link to modify or delete the connections is no where to be found. The only way to remove the connections in Windows 8 is to do so by using the registry editor. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes. Each network location is represented by a subfolder.
Input the new name for the network location. I'm the President of WireFlare.
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