Windows 10: windows 10 can't change wifi network from public to private

My wifi network is public and i cant seem to get to the options to make it private. When I go to network/internet wifi i don't get the option to manage known networks. I can get to manage known networks another way but on the wifi network i want to change from public to private, i don't have a properties button to select. i can forget the network but when i reconnect, it doesn't allow me to say whether it is public or private. do i need to change policy settings, uac or something to get the buttons to appear. And I don't want to use home group. Been using shares fro 20 years and don't need all the fluff of home groups. Thanks

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network location changed

after updating from wind 8.1 to wind 10 my network location changed from"private" to public.. II use wifi and don't understand how I could have a private network in windows 8.1 andthen be switched to a public network in windows 10 without me making any
changes other than updating to windows 10. Is there any way to change my network location back to private or home oris it best to leave it as public in windows 10 even though I wont be able to create a homegroup

 

how do you change a network from public to private?

This link gives multiple options in order to change from public to private depending on the type of network you need to change:

How to Set Network Location to be Public or Private in Windows 10

Hope that helps.

 

Hello Bruce, *Smile

You should be able to use one of the other options in the tutorial to change your network location to private.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6...dows-10-a.html

 

You don't say if you are using dhcp or a static network address. I had problems when using static ip-address that the gateway setting dissapeared although I had it filled in and then closing the wifi settings. If the gateway address is empty it made me only connect to a public network. So, be shure that you have filled in the gateway address. It should have the same address as your router (192.168.0.1, 192.168.1.1 and so on...)