Enable Windows 10 & 11 WiFi Hotspot - Powershell Script

enable-wifi.ps1

# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45833873/enable-win10-inbuild-hotspot-by-cmd-batch-powershell/60444585#answer-60444585
[Windows.System.UserProfile.LockScreen,Windows.System.UserProfile,ContentType=WindowsRuntime] | Out-Null

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime
$asTaskGeneric = ([System.WindowsRuntimeSystemExtensions].GetMethods() | ? { $_.Name -eq 'AsTask' -and $_.GetParameters().Count -eq 1 -and $_.GetParameters()[0].ParameterType.Name -eq 'IAsyncOperation`1' })[0]
Function Await($WinRtTask, $ResultType) {
    $asTask = $asTaskGeneric.MakeGenericMethod($ResultType)
    $netTask = $asTask.Invoke($null, @($WinRtTask))
    $netTask.Wait(-1) | Out-Null
    $netTask.Result
}

# https://stackoverflow.com/a/55563418
$connectionProfile = [Windows.Networking.Connectivity.NetworkInformation,Windows.Networking.Connectivity,ContentType=WindowsRuntime]::GetInternetConnectionProfile()
$tetheringManager = [Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators.NetworkOperatorTetheringManager,Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators,ContentType=WindowsRuntime]::CreateFromConnectionProfile($connectionProfile)

# Be sure to include Ben N.'s await for IAsyncOperation:
# https://superuser.com/questions/1341997/using-a-uwp-api-namespace-in-powershell

# Check whether Mobile Hotspot is enabled
$tetheringManager.TetheringOperationalState

# Start Mobile Hotspot
Await ($tetheringManager.StartTetheringAsync())([Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators.NetworkOperatorTetheringOperationResult])

# Stop Mobile Hotspot
#Await ($tetheringManager.StopTetheringAsync())([Windows.Networking.NetworkOperators.NetworkOperatorTetheringOperationResult])

@mjoe67886 Thanks and I'm glad it still works! Just had the title changed as per your suggestion.

I stopped using this script at my previous job as the USB WiFi dongle connectivity broke because of a Windows update.
It might had been an issue with the specific chipset of that specific dongle but I remember reading articles about a more generic problem, so keep that in mind as it could happen again.
The issue was fixed after 2-3 weeks via another Windows update, but in the meantime I simply plugged in a cheap Wifi repeater like the TP-LINK ones below and called it a day.

Thanks I really appreciate it I just made a batch file that automatically keeps my wifi and my hotspot enabled out of it it checks every 5 seconds and I run it at startup with task scheduler.. So all my devices now have strong Internet my T V my iphone everything... You probably don't need it but if you want it I'll send it you could even put it up here so everybody can grab that too so they have strong Internet for all their devices...

Isn't GPT 4 awesome I just made all this in fifteen minutes

Not work.
Exeption in call "CreateFromConnectionProfile"

Many thanks to your script! I've modified the script to restart the Hotspot every 5 seconds if it is not turned on. It is very helpful for sharing the Ethernet to my smartphone. The periodic check is due to my poor constantly disconnecting Ethernet.

Not work. Exeption in call "CreateFromConnectionProfile"

@Yoda49
Is it due to the administrator privilege?

I apologize I'm much too busy to help you but you could just paste all that code into chat GPT and it'll help you with it it's kind of a good habit to get into just make sure to give it really really detailed responses about you know your operating system setup and what you intend and your wi fi names and everything tell it what operating system you're on everything you could think of

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