How to Open the Control Panel "Choose a Wireless network" from a b

Is it possible to open the Control Panel "Choose a Wireless network" from a
batch file? I have a two batch files on my laptop for my wireless card. One
enables the card and starts the WZC service and the other one disables the
card and stops the WZC service. I would like to add the opening of the
"Choose a Wireless network" applet to the enable / start wireless batch file.
Howeber, I have not yet found a way to start the "Choose a Wireless network"
applet outside of control panel. Any ideas?

Hi
It is Not clear why you need the control panel.
When using WZC a Wireless Network is chosen by clicking on the Traybar
Network Icon, and choosing available Wireless Network.
If you want always to choose the same Network you can can put only one
Network in the preferred list, and check to Auto connect to it
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Baron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BFEBCCA3-13B5-46A6-BCE7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is it possible to open the Control Panel "Choose a Wireless network" from
> a
> batch file? I have a two batch files on my laptop for my wireless card.
> One
> enables the card and starts the WZC service and the other one disables the
> card and stops the WZC service. I would like to add the opening of the
> "Choose a Wireless network" applet to the enable / start wireless batch
> file.
> Howeber, I have not yet found a way to start the "Choose a Wireless
> network"
> applet outside of control panel. Any ideas?

Thanks for the information. Allow me to clarify. I have a batch file on my
laptop for my wireless card, which currently does the following two things:

1) Enables the internal Wireless card
2) Starts the WZC service

The third item that I would like to add to this batch file is the ability to
open the "Choose a Wireless Network" window (Control Panel | Network
Connections | Wireless Network) to show all available networks in range.

Batch File Goal:
1) Enables the internal Wireless card
2) Starts the WZC service
3) Open "Choose a Wireless Network" window

I have been able to create a link to the "Choose a Wireless Network" window.
However, target shows the is {BA126ADB-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}, which I
believe is a class, but I don't know how to find the program to run in order
to open this window.

How can I trace the class number to a program?

Screen Shot:
http://pinchy.netfirms.com/image.gif

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> It is Not clear why you need the control panel.
> When using WZC a Wireless Network is chosen by clicking on the Traybar
> Network Icon, and choosing available Wireless Network.
> If you want always to choose the same Network you can can put only one
> Network in the preferred list, and check to Auto connect to it
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Baron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BFEBCCA3-13B5-46A6-BCE7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Is it possible to open the Control Panel "Choose a Wireless network" from
> > a
> > batch file? I have a two batch files on my laptop for my wireless card.
> > One
> > enables the card and starts the WZC service and the other one disables the
> > card and stops the WZC service. I would like to add the opening of the
> > "Choose a Wireless network" applet to the enable / start wireless batch
> > file.
> > Howeber, I have not yet found a way to start the "Choose a Wireless
> > network"
> > applet outside of control panel. Any ideas?
>
>

I was not able to find a simple solution to executing a link in a batch file
where the link target shows a class
"{BA126ADB-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}". However, I was able to create a
work-around using AutoIt3 with just a few lins of code. Too bad the simple
link could not have been more straigth forward!


"Baron" wrote:

> Thanks for the information. Allow me to clarify. I have a batch file on my
> laptop for my wireless card, which currently does the following two things:
>
> 1) Enables the internal Wireless card
> 2) Starts the WZC service
>
> The third item that I would like to add to this batch file is the ability to
> open the "Choose a Wireless Network" window (Control Panel | Network
> Connections | Wireless Network) to show all available networks in range.
>
> Batch File Goal:
> 1) Enables the internal Wireless card
> 2) Starts the WZC service
> 3) Open "Choose a Wireless Network" window
>
> I have been able to create a link to the "Choose a Wireless Network" window.
> However, target shows the is {BA126ADB-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}, which I
> believe is a class, but I don't know how to find the program to run in order
> to open this window.
>
> How can I trace the class number to a program?
>
> Screen Shot:
> http://pinchy.netfirms.com/image.gif
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > It is Not clear why you need the control panel.
> > When using WZC a Wireless Network is chosen by clicking on the Traybar
> > Network Icon, and choosing available Wireless Network.
> > If you want always to choose the same Network you can can put only one
> > Network in the preferred list, and check to Auto connect to it
> > Jack (MVP-Networking).
> >
> > "Baron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:BFEBCCA3-13B5-46A6-BCE7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Is it possible to open the Control Panel "Choose a Wireless network" from
> > > a
> > > batch file? I have a two batch files on my laptop for my wireless card.
> > > One
> > > enables the card and starts the WZC service and the other one disables the
> > > card and stops the WZC service. I would like to add the opening of the
> > > "Choose a Wireless network" applet to the enable / start wireless batch
> > > file.
> > > Howeber, I have not yet found a way to start the "Choose a Wireless
> > > network"
> > > applet outside of control panel. Any ideas?
> >
> >

Baron, can you share your AutoIt code with us? I ended up using AutoIt to
execute a shortcut to "Connect to" renamed to "Connect" and placed in the
same directory like so:

ShellExecute("C:\Program Files\WiFi\Connect.lnk")

But I would like to dispense with the shortcut entirely. Any ideas are
greatly appreciated, this one has me stumped.

"Baron" wrote:

> I was not able to find a simple solution to executing a link in a batch file
> where the link target shows a class
> "{BA126ADB-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}". However, I was able to create a
> work-around using AutoIt3 with just a few lins of code. Too bad the simple
> link could not have been more straigth forward!
>
>
> "Baron" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the information. Allow me to clarify. I have a batch file on my
> > laptop for my wireless card, which currently does the following two things:
> >
> > 1) Enables the internal Wireless card
> > 2) Starts the WZC service
> >
> > The third item that I would like to add to this batch file is the ability to
> > open the "Choose a Wireless Network" window (Control Panel | Network
> > Connections | Wireless Network) to show all available networks in range.
> >
> > Batch File Goal:
> > 1) Enables the internal Wireless card
> > 2) Starts the WZC service
> > 3) Open "Choose a Wireless Network" window
> >
> > I have been able to create a link to the "Choose a Wireless Network" window.
> > However, target shows the is {BA126ADB-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}, which I
> > believe is a class, but I don't know how to find the program to run in order
> > to open this window.
> >
> > How can I trace the class number to a program?
> >
> > Screen Shot:
> > http://pinchy.netfirms.com/image.gif
> >
> > "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > It is Not clear why you need the control panel.
> > > When using WZC a Wireless Network is chosen by clicking on the Traybar
> > > Network Icon, and choosing available Wireless Network.
> > > If you want always to choose the same Network you can can put only one
> > > Network in the preferred list, and check to Auto connect to it
> > > Jack (MVP-Networking).
> > >
> > > "Baron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:BFEBCCA3-13B5-46A6-BCE7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Is it possible to open the Control Panel "Choose a Wireless network" from
> > > > a
> > > > batch file? I have a two batch files on my laptop for my wireless card.
> > > > One
> > > > enables the card and starts the WZC service and the other one disables the
> > > > card and stops the WZC service. I would like to add the opening of the
> > > > "Choose a Wireless network" applet to the enable / start wireless batch
> > > > file.
> > > > Howeber, I have not yet found a way to start the "Choose a Wireless
> > > > network"
> > > > applet outside of control panel. Any ideas?
> > >
> > >

blinkdt,

You can find the example code on the Code Examples tab of my site:
http://autoit2.netfirms.com/public/

Hope this helps.


"blinkdt" wrote:

> Baron, can you share your AutoIt code with us? I ended up using AutoIt to
> execute a shortcut to "Connect to" renamed to "Connect" and placed in the
> same directory like so:
>
> ShellExecute("C:\Program Files\WiFi\Connect.lnk")
>
> But I would like to dispense with the shortcut entirely. Any ideas are
> greatly appreciated, this one has me stumped.
>
> "Baron" wrote:
>
> > I was not able to find a simple solution to executing a link in a batch file
> > where the link target shows a class
> > "{BA126ADB-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}". However, I was able to create a
> > work-around using AutoIt3 with just a few lins of code. Too bad the simple
> > link could not have been more straigth forward!
> >
> >
> > "Baron" wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the information. Allow me to clarify. I have a batch file on my
> > > laptop for my wireless card, which currently does the following two things:
> > >
> > > 1) Enables the internal Wireless card
> > > 2) Starts the WZC service
> > >
> > > The third item that I would like to add to this batch file is the ability to
> > > open the "Choose a Wireless Network" window (Control Panel | Network
> > > Connections | Wireless Network) to show all available networks in range.
> > >
> > > Batch File Goal:
> > > 1) Enables the internal Wireless card
> > > 2) Starts the WZC service
> > > 3) Open "Choose a Wireless Network" window
> > >
> > > I have been able to create a link to the "Choose a Wireless Network" window.
> > > However, target shows the is {BA126ADB-2166-11D1-B1D0-00805FC1270E}, which I
> > > believe is a class, but I don't know how to find the program to run in order
> > > to open this window.
> > >
> > > How can I trace the class number to a program?
> > >
> > > Screen Shot:
> > > http://pinchy.netfirms.com/image.gif
> > >
> > > "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > > It is Not clear why you need the control panel.
> > > > When using WZC a Wireless Network is chosen by clicking on the Traybar
> > > > Network Icon, and choosing available Wireless Network.
> > > > If you want always to choose the same Network you can can put only one
> > > > Network in the preferred list, and check to Auto connect to it
> > > > Jack (MVP-Networking).
> > > >
> > > > "Baron" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > > news:BFEBCCA3-13B5-46A6-BCE7-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > > Is it possible to open the Control Panel "Choose a Wireless network" from
> > > > > a
> > > > > batch file? I have a two batch files on my laptop for my wireless card.
> > > > > One
> > > > > enables the card and starts the WZC service and the other one disables the
> > > > > card and stops the WZC service. I would like to add the opening of the
> > > > > "Choose a Wireless network" applet to the enable / start wireless batch
> > > > > file.
> > > > > Howeber, I have not yet found a way to start the "Choose a Wireless
> > > > > network"
> > > > > applet outside of control panel. Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > >