I'm trying to work out a solution to set up ad-hock wifi connections in Windows 8.1 based on the suggestions in a post on Micsrosoft's answers site. Is there any way to do the first few steps:
- go to "Network and Sharing Center"
- click "Set up a new connection or network"
- double click "Manually connect to a wireless network"
- enter the SSID of the ad-hoc network (as shown by "netsh wlan show networks") into the "Network name" field
- configure security settings accordingly
- uncheck "Start this connection automatically" (important)
...without using the windows dialogs?