Start and stop WiFi hotspot on Windows. Hotspot starts if not already running and stops if it is running. Make sure that the hotspot is configured before running this batch file.

wifi_hotspot.bat

@echo off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params = %*:"=""
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------

netsh wlan show hostednetwork|find "Status"|find "started">nul && goto start || goto stop

:start
	netsh wlan start hostednetwork
	pause
	exit

:stop
	netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
	pause
	exit