Windows 10: How to change network connection from Public to Private?

Does anyone know how to change the network from Public to Private in build 9926? It's defaulting to Public with network discovery turned off, etc, and I'd like to change it to Private.

:)

 

How to change from public to private network (Ethernet - *not* WiFi) in Windows 10

So this gets weirder and weirder. I clearly am connected to the Internet, but *none* of the Metro apps sense an Internet connection but non-Metro stuff is fine. First screen shot - I have this forum up in IE11 and Steam running looking at my Steam library
on the right, and Edge upper left and the App store lower left - Edge can't find the Internet, neither can the App Store:



And even weirder - I can clearly see all the devices on my network - even my printers - yet it says I am not connected to a network. Guess it's time for a reset:

 

How to change from public to private network (Ethernet - *not* WiFi) in Windows 10

Try this

1.Open "This PC" or any folder and click on network



2. If network discovery is disabled, it will show a message notifying you about it ,click on the message and "turn on network discovery"



3.Then it will show the dialog below , click on the first option (No,make the that I am connected....) ,after this the network should now have been set to private



Another way is typing the next command in powershell (you have to run powershell as a administrator)

Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" -NetworkCategory Private

Where -InterfaceAlias is the name of the adapter network that you want to change its profile.

If you want to return to "Public" just change the -NetworkCategory to "Public" (-NetworkCategory Public)

 

Hello Victek,

I haven't found the setting for this in the UI yet in build 9926, but you can use OPTION THREE below to set it in the registry for now if you like. *Smile

Network Location - Set to Private or Public in Windows 8

 

Thanks, that worked

 

You're most welcome. *Smile