Windows 10: Unable to connect to Wi-Fi with xml profile when password starts with blank space

Hello I am using Windows10 and my Wi-Fi card is Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265.


My ESSID (I will call it 'MY_NETWORK_SSID') has a password that starts with a blank space (let's say ' StartsWithWhiteSpace'), if I do the connection manually it works fine and I get connected, but fails if I do the connection with netsh command using the profile:


Manually:

Select 'MY_NETWORK_SSID' and then use the password ' StartsWithWhiteSpace' and I get connected


By profile:

1.- Once logged manually I export the profile to a file

netsh wlan export profile file=. key=clear

2.- This will generate an xml file, that we can use to connect (I disconnect and forget the network before using the profile)

* netsh wlan add profile filename=c:\profile_password_starts_with_white_space.xml

* netsh wlan connect name='MY_NETWORK_SSID' interface='my_wireless_card_name'


With this 2 steps I am able to connect, but only if the password dont have spaces on it.



The following is the profile generated by: netsh wlan export profile file=. key=clear once I successfully logged manually using the password that starts with one space (I was expecting this same profile will work to login again but it always fails)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<WLANProfile xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v1">
<name>MY_NETWORK_SSID</name>
<SSIDConfig>
<SSID>
<hex>6D746C70617461625DA3546455727473</hex>
<name>MY_NETWORK_SSID</name>
</SSID>
</SSIDConfig>
<connectionType>ESS</connectionType>
<connectionMode>auto</connectionMode>
<MSM>
<security>
<authEncryption>
<authentication>WPA2PSK</authentication>
<encryption>AES</encryption>
<useOneX>false</useOneX>
</authEncryption>
<sharedKey>
<keyType>passPhrase</keyType>
<protected>false</protected>
<keyMaterial> StartsWithWhiteSpace</keyMaterial>
</sharedKey>
</security>
</MSM>
<MacRandomization xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v3">
<enableRandomization>false</enableRandomization>
<randomizationSeed>1191479147</randomizationSeed>
</MacRandomization>
</WLANProfile>

Why the own profile generated by the netsh tool doesn't work?

How to successfully connect with passwords with white spaces. Note I have already tried (&#32; and \u0020) to represent the white spaces

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Unable to connect to Wi-Fi with xml profile when password starts with blank space

Hello I am using Windows10 and my Wi-Fi card is Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265.

My ESSID (I will call it 'MY_NETWORK_SSID') has a password that starts with a blank space (let's say ' StartsWithWhiteSpace'), if I do the connection manually it works fine and I get connected, but fails if I do the connection with netsh command using the
profile:

Manually:

Select 'MY_NETWORK_SSID' and then use the password ' StartsWithWhiteSpace' and I get connected

By profile:

1.- Once logged manually I export the profile to a file

netsh wlan export profile file=. key=clear

2.- This will generate an xml file, that we can use to connect (I disconnect and forget the network before using the profile)

* netsh wlan add profile filename=c:\profile_password_starts_with_white_space.xml

* netsh wlan connect name='MY_NETWORK_SSID' interface='my_wireless_card_name'

With this 2 steps I am able to connect, but only if the password dont have spaces on it.

The following is the profile generated by: netsh wlan export profile file=. key=clear once I successfully logged manually using the password that starts with one space (I was expecting this same profile will work to login again but it always fails)

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<WLANProfile xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v1">

<name>MY_NETWORK_SSID</name>

<SSIDConfig>

<SSID>

<hex>6D746C70617461625DA3546455727473</hex>

<name>MY_NETWORK_SSID</name>

</SSID>

</SSIDConfig>

<connectionType>ESS</connectionType>

<connectionMode>auto</connectionMode>

<MSM>

<security>

<authEncryption>

<authentication>WPA2PSK</authentication>

<encryption>AES</encryption>

<useOneX>false</useOneX>

</authEncryption>

<sharedKey>

<keyType>passPhrase</keyType>

<protected>false</protected>

<keyMaterial>
StartsWithWhiteSpace</keyMaterial>

</sharedKey>

</security>

</MSM>

<MacRandomization xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v3">

<enableRandomization>false</enableRandomization>

<randomizationSeed>1191479147</randomizationSeed>

</MacRandomization>

</WLANProfile>

Why the own profile generated by the netsh tool doesn't work?

How to successfully connect with passwords with white spaces. Note I have already tried ( and \u0020) to represent the white spaces

 

Unable to connect to Wi-Fi with xml profile when password starts with blank space

Could you share the link where is says that. However if that rule is correct then Windows10 has a big bug cause I am able to connect to the WiFi network which password starts with a blank.

Why it would be different from the profile than manually?

 

Unable to connect to Wi-Fi with xml profile when password starts with blank space

I checked for password rules and one site says no blank spaces at beginning or end..