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Export-WLANSettings.ps1 by Jan Egil Ring 23 months ago
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Using netsh.exe to loop through each WLAN on the system and export the settings to the user-provided output-file.

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  4.  # NAME: Export-WLANSettings.ps1
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  6.  # AUTHOR: Jan Egil Ring
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  8.  # DATE  : 14.03.2010
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  10.  # COMMENT: Using netsh.exe to loop through each WLAN on the system and export the settings to the user-provided output-file.
  11.  #          Must be run with Administrator-privileges for the Key Content (security key) to be exported.
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  16. Write-Warning "Must be run with Administrator-privileges for Key Content to be exported"
  17. $filepath = Read-Host "Provide path to output-file. E.g. C:\temp\wlan.txt"
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  19. $wlans = netsh wlan show profiles | Select-String -Pattern "All User Profile" | Foreach-Object {$_.ToString()}
  20. $exportdata = $wlans | Foreach-Object {$_.Replace("    All User Profile     : ",$null)}
  21. $exportdata | ForEach-Object {netsh wlan show profiles name="$_" key=clear} | Out-File $filepath

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