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The thread asks whether a desktop shortcut or Windows app could silently enable Wi‑Fi, reconnect to a stored network, and optionally launch a browser for an elderly user experiencing recurring disconnections. A contributor confirms this is likely possible with PowerShell, or alternatively C++ or Rust; no existing application or detailed implementation is provided, and the overall sentiment is cautiously supportive but unresolved.

giomach

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Is it possible to make a Windows app which will enable wifi network connection simply by clicking a desktop icon? This would assist an elderly user whose wifi connection is frequently disconnected*, and who finds manual reconnection difficult. The app would silently enable wifi, connect to the network (the network name and password would be stored by the app), and possibly open a browser (filename stored). I gather that Powershell may be the way to do this, but I have no experience with it. Perhaps such an app already exists?

*We have tried to identify the cause of the disconnection without success. We always manually connect with "automatic reconnection when in range" but when the user returns to use the computer again, it does not automatically reconnect. Manual reconnection works, however, and this is what we would like to simplify. The wifi network is in a care home, and it may be that their server is causing this behaviour. The care home management are uncooperative.
 

Mike

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Yes, it could likely be done in Windows PowerShell for simplicity's sake, alternatively in C++ or Rust.