Add Wi‑Fi Profile (Windows)

Minimal script to remove, add, and connect to a Wi‑Fi profile using netsh.

Prerequisites

• Windows 10/11
• PowerShell 7+ (or Windows PowerShell)
• Run in an elevated console (Run as administrator)
• A valid WLAN profile XML file (e.g., A1.xml)

Files

• add-wifi-profile.ps1: Script to install/connect the profile
• A1.xml: Example WLAN profile XML

Usage

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator in this folder.
2. Optionally edit these variables in add-wifi-profile.ps1:
   • $SSID_NAME – target SSID name
   • $PROFILE_XML – path to the profile XML
   • $IFACE – Wi‑Fi adapter name (usually Wi‑Fi)
3. Run:

./add-wifi-profile.ps1

Notes

• If you don’t have the XML yet, connect once manually and copy it from: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\Profiles\Interfaces\...
• The script removes any existing profile with the same name, adds the XML, verifies, then connects and disconnects after ~20 seconds. To stay connected, comment out the small disconnect block (the Start-Sleep and netsh wlan disconnect lines) in the script.
• For a non-hashed (plain-text) key in the XML, set <protected>false</protected>.