Windows 10: How to set the network profile for Public, Home, etc. in Windows 10??

Discus and support How to set the network profile for Public, Home, etc. in Windows 10?? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Cannot find any info in Windows "settings" on how to change the wifi network interface to private, home, etc.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by lcatfishscatfish, Aug 9, 2018.

  1. LCATFISHSCATFISH
    lcatfishscatfish Win User

    How to set the network profile for Public, Home, etc. in Windows 10??


    Cannot find any info in Windows "settings" on how to change the wifi network interface to private, home, etc.

    :)
     
    lcatfishscatfish, Aug 9, 2018
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  2. REDTURTLE
    redturtle Win User

    Set Network Location to Private or Public in Windows 10  


    Hi Brink and thank you for the welcome *Smile

    I tried what you suggested but when doing this, i noticed that whenever i am connected to my VPN, the Windows network shows up as "unidentified network" instead of network 1,2,3 or whatever. So when i went into regedit and looked for networks, i found some but none called unidentified.
    There was one network with the value 0 so i changed it to 1 (private) but after checking, my VPN connection still shows as public.

    I am not really sure why it says unidentified network in Windows when i am connected to the VPN but it seems that this is the cause for the problem. If i could only find the VPN network in the list of networks in regedit, i think i would be able to change the value to 1.

    Hmm..not sure how to proceed with this. Any ideas?


    How to set the network profile for Public, Home, etc. in Windows 10?? [​IMG]
     
    redturtle, Aug 9, 2018
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  3. ARGEL OBM
    Argel Obm Win User
    Windows 10 v1709 switches from Private to Public network

    Hi Bruce,

    It is possible that there is an issue with the network profiles of the computer and that can be the reason why the network always switches to Public network. We recommend that you delete all known network profiles to resolve the issue. To do this, follow
    these steps:

    • Open command prompt as administrator.
    • In the command prompt window, type netsh wlan show profiles
      and press Enter.
    • Type netsh wlan delete profile name=[ProfileName] and press Enter.
    • Repeat the third step for the rest of network profiles you've seen after running the command in the second step.
    • Check if the network will still switch to Public.

    Keep us posted.
     
    Argel Obm, Aug 9, 2018
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  4. ARCANAINFINUM
    ArcanaInfinum Win User

    How to set the network profile for Public, Home, etc. in Windows 10??

    Network Profile Windows 10

    This did not work. the "Get" part worked and showed up with the status, but step 3 just showed a bunch of red text... Could you put a step by step screenshot set to show how it SHOULD be?
     
    ArcanaInfinum, Aug 9, 2018
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