Changing the password in Windows 7 hotspot

Question

I turned my Windows 7 laptop into a wireless hotspot a while ago. Now I forgot the password I set. How can I see and change the password?

• I cannot see the network under Control Panel\Network and Internet\Manage Wireless Networks

Solution

Enter the following command into a command prompt with admin rights (elevated command prompt):

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=MyNet key=XXXX keyUsage=persistent

Change MyNet to the name of the network you would like to change the password for and replace the XXXX with your new password.

Comments

[pratnala]

Did you use the inbuilt Windows way or a third-party utility like Connectify?

[week]

Utility that shows wep/wpa keys to Wlan networks: nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html

[Burgi]

What does it do? Can you expand upon this answer?