Windows 10: Create Network Connections Shortcut in Windows 10

How to: Create Network Connections Shortcut in Windows 10

How to Create Network Connections Shortcut in Windows 10


A network connection is a set of information that enables your computer to connect to the Internet, a network, or another computer. When you install a network adapter in your computer, Windows creates a connection for it in the Network Connections folder. A local area connection is created for an Ethernet network adapter. A wireless network connection is created for a wireless network adapter.

In the Network Connections folder, you can select a connection and view status information, such as connection duration, speed, and amounts of data transmitted and received; and you can use any diagnostic tools available for a particular connection. Depending on the status of the connection, the icon changes appearance in the Network Connections folder.

This tutorial will show you how to create or download a Network Connections shortcut that opens in the Control Panel or Settings for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Download a Network Connections Shortcut
• Option Two: To Manually Create a Network Connections Shortcut

EXAMPLE: Network Connections in Control Panel and Settings












OPTION ONE [/i] To Download a Network Connections Shortcut
1. Click/tap on the Download button below to download the .zip file of the shortcut you want.

Network_Connections_CP_shortcut.zip

Download

OR

Network_Connections_in_Settings_shortcut.zip

Download
2. Save the .zip file to your desktop.

3. Unblock the .zip file.

4. Open the .zip file, and extract (drag and drop) the shortcut to your desktop.

5. If you like, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

6. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .zip file if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] To Manually Create a Network Connections Shortcut
1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut.

2. Copy and paste the location below you want to use into the location area, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshots below)

(Network Connections in Control Panel)
*Arrow ncpa.cpl

OR

*Arrow explorer.exe shell:::{992CFFA0-F557-101A-88EC-00DD010CCC48}

OR

(Network Connections in Settings)
*Arrow explorer.exe ms-settings:network






3. Type Network Connections for the name, and click/tap on the Finish button. (see screenshot below)

*note You could name this shortcut anything you would like though.



4. Right click or press and hold on the new Network Connections shortcut, and click/tap on Properties.

5. Click/tap on the Shortcut tab, then click/tap on the Change Icon button. (see screenshot below)



6. In the line under "Look for icons in this file", copy and paste the location below you want to use, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)

(Network Connections in Control Panel)
*Arrow %SystemRoot%\system32\netshell.dll

OR

(Network Connections in Settings)
*Arrow %windir%\ImmersiveControlPanel\systemsettings.exe






7. Select the icon highlighted in blue above, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot above)

*note You can use any icon that you would like instead though.

8. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)



9. If you like, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to, or move this shortcut to where you like for easy use.

That's it,
Shawn


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Create a shortcut to map a network drive windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

As per the issue description you are willing to create a shortcut to map a network drive. I would suggest you to refer the steps provided in the articles mentioned below and see if it helps.

Create a shortcut to (map) a network drive

Create a shortcut to (map) a network drive


Note: These articles are for Windows 7/8/8.1 but steps holds good for Windows 10 too.

Hope the information provided is helpful. Do let us know if you have any more concern related to Windows. We will be more than happy to assist you.



Regards,

 

Create Ethernet adapter shortcut on the desktop.

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



To create the Ethernet shortcut on your desktop, you can follow the step provided below.



Step: Create Ethernet shortcut on the desktop.

1. Press Windows + R key on your keyboard together.
   
2. Type in ncpa.cpl
   and hit enter.
   
3. You will see all your network adapter.
   
4. Right click on your desired adapter and click on
   Create Shortcut and allow the prompt.
   
5. Or you can drag and drop the network adapter on the desktop that will create a shortcut too.
   
6. You can now right on the shortcut on your desktop and disable and enable internet connection.
   

If you still face the issue, reply to this post with more information.



Hope it helps.

Amit Sunar

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Windows 10 commands/shortcuts/env. var.

Keyboard shortcuts to open programs:

Create a shortcut on the desktop to whatever program you want. Right click -> Properties and fill in the field there. Sadly the shortcut needs to remain on the desktop, but you can hide it.

Fun fact: If you had keyboard shortcuts for programs pinned to your Windows 7 start menu, those shortcuts still work when you update to Windows 10.

 

Unable to create shortcuts in Windows 10

Hi Terry,

Provide us with additional information to assist you further:

• Have you made any changes to the operating system prior to this issue?
• Does this issue confined to create a shortcut for any specific application?

As a workaround, I suggest you to try creating shortcuts in Safe mode with networking and check if it helps.

Refer: Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10


Follow the below steps to place the computer in normal mode.

• 
  Press Windows + R keys to open
  Run command.
  
• 
  Type msconfig
  and press Enter.
  
• 
  In the System Configuration
  window, click on General tab.
  
• 
  Select Start-up selection
  as Normal startup, click on Apply and
  Ok.
  
• 
  Follow onscreen instructions.
  

Reply to the post with the required information and brief description about this issue for further assistance.

Thank you.

 

No network connection

Hello Graham,

To resolve your concern about wireless network issues, please click the link below and follow the suggested troubleshooting steps:

• Fix network connection issues in Windows 10

Let us know how it goes.