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How to get the Forgetten password of netsh wlan hostednetwork

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I have created a hostednetwork using the netsh wlan set hostednetwork command and i am able to connect it with my device. now i want to connect my new phone with this hostednetwork but i did not remember the password what i have been set.

I can set new hosted network and connect both of my device with that network. but i am curious to know

  1. Is their any way to know what password i set ?
  2. Can i reset password of hostednetwork ?
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Prabhat Yadav Avatar asked Mar 10 '16 04:03

Prabhat Yadav


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1 Answers

to display the password you used on your hosted network, type the command below on windows command line:

netsh wlan show hostednetwork setting=security

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Frank Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 16:09

Frank