How to completely remove a wireless network setup from vista?

Question

To remove a wireless connection setup I basically go to (network and sharing center) then select (manage wireless network) and then from the list of wireless networks I right click on the one that I want to remove and select (remove network) from the drop down menu. Problem is that when I go to define the wireless network again the system said that the network connection already exist so it seems that even when the wireless network definition is not longer display in the connections list, Vista keeps the configuration somewhere.

So How can I be sure that a particular wireless network has been completely removed?

Answer 1

Try deleting the network profile from the registry. Likely in:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles

You might also try searching the registry for the SSID you are trying to remove and delete the entries you find.

I should advise you to use caution when deleting things in the registry, before you do anything export the section you are going to modify / delete before actually making a change. That way if it was a mistake hopefully you can import it back and it will be good again.