{"id":10532,"date":"2019-07-30T11:43:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=10532"},"modified":"2019-08-03T19:17:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T19:17:08","slug":"trigger-launch-program-script-connecting-to-specific-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/trigger-launch-program-script-connecting-to-specific-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Trigger a Program Upon Connecting to a Specific Network in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Depending upon the network you’re connected to, you may want to run certain tasks. For instance, when you’re connected to a specific network — e.g., home network — you may want to assign a different printer<\/a> as the default, using command-line or script. This is especially needed in Windows 10 where the “location-aware printing” feature has been removed.<\/p>\n

Or, you may need to run a backup task<\/a>, or set the default save location<\/a> in your Office apps to local documents instead of OneDrive when connected to a home network. Some users would want to turn on their VPN software upon connecting to a particular network.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Windows allows you to accomplish the task using event trigger and Task Scheduler. When you connect to a network, Windows logs the action to the Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile\/Operational<\/code> event log. The event ID is 10000<\/code> represents “connected” event and 10001<\/code> represents “disconnected” event. Here is a sample event.<\/p>\n

\"trigger<\/p>\n

Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile\/Operational\r\nSource: Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile\r\nDate: 7\/30\/2019 2:34:33 PM\r\nEvent ID: 10000\r\nTask Category: None\r\nLevel: Information\r\nKeywords: (35184372088832),(32)\r\nUser: LOCAL SERVICE\r\nComputer: DESKTOP-JKJ4G5Q\r\nDescription:\r\nNetwork Connected\r\nName: Ramesh\r\nDesc: Ramesh\r\nType: Unmanaged\r\nState: Connected\r\nCategory: Private\r\n\r\nEvent Xml:\r\n<Event xmlns=\"http:\/\/schemas.microsoft.com\/win\/2004\/08\/events\/event\">\r\n<System>\r\n<Provider Name=\"Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile\" Guid=\"{fbcfac3f-8459-419f-8e48-1f0b49cdb85e}\" \/>\r\n<EventID>10000<\/EventID>\r\n<Version>0<\/Version>\r\n<Level>4<\/Level>\r\n<Task>0<\/Task>\r\n<Opcode>0<\/Opcode>\r\n<Keywords>0x4000200000000020<\/Keywords>\r\n<TimeCreated SystemTime=\"2019-07-30T09:04:33.524213200Z\" \/>\r\n<EventRecordID>3216<\/EventRecordID>\r\n<Correlation \/>\r\n<Execution ProcessID=\"2388\" ThreadID=\"4596\" \/>\r\n<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile\/Operational<\/Channel>\r\n<Computer>DESKTOP-JKJ4G5Q<\/Computer>\r\n<Security UserID=\"S-1-5-19\" \/>\r\n<\/System>\r\n<EventData>\r\n<Data Name=\"Name\">Ramesh<\/Data><\/strong>\r\n<Data Name=\"Description\">Ramesh<\/Data>\r\n<Data Name=\"Guid\">{f6435db3-31b3-43ea-8d7f-4c28208a954d}<\/Data>\r\n<Data Name=\"Type\">0<\/Data>\r\n<Data Name=\"State\">1<\/Data>\r\n<Data Name=\"Category\">1<\/Data>\r\n<\/EventData>\r\n<\/Event><\/pre>\n
The bold line above represents the network connection, in this case, the network name or the SSID is Ramesh<\/code>.<\/p>\n
Now, let’s create an event trigger for event ID 10000 Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile\/Operational event. The event trigger scheduled task will launch a program or script.<\/p>\n
You can use the Attach Task To This Event…<\/strong> option in the event’s right-click menu in Event Viewer to create an event trigger task. Alternately, you can follow these Task Scheduler steps.<\/p>\n
Launch a Program or Script when Connected to a Specific Network<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Open Task Scheduler and click Create Task…<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Assign a name and description for the task.<\/li>\n
  3. Select the Triggers tab, and click New<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Select On an event<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. In the Log: dropdown box, select\u00a0Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile\/Operational<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. In the Source: select NetworkProfile<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. In the Event ID: field, type 10000<\/code>, and click OK<\/li>\n
  8. In the Actions tab, click New.<\/li>\n
  9. In the Program\/Script: name, type the program or script file name you want to run when your device connects to a specific network. For example, you may choose to run a custom VBScript that executes some commands upon connecting to that network. To run a VBScript, choose wscript.exe<\/code> in the Program\/Script:<\/strong> field, and the name of the script (.vbs file) in the Add arguments:<\/strong> field.
    \n\"trigger<\/li>\n
  10. Click OK.<\/li>\n
  11. Select the Conditions tab, and enable Start only if the following network connection is available.<\/li>\n
  12. Select the network or SSID from the list so that the scheduled task will trigger when you connect to the specific network.
    \n\"trigger<\/li>\n
  13. If the program or script requires administrator privileges to run correctly, make sure to enable the Run with highest privileges<\/strong> checkbox, and click OK.
    \n\"trigger<\/li>\n
  14. Click OK. The event trigger task is now created.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Task not triggered on network condition in Windows 10?<\/h3>\n
    In Windows 10 Anniversary Update and higher, the task may not get triggered if a network condition is set in the GUI. This bug still remains in Windows 10 v1903. In some systems, setting a network condition causes the error Task Scheduler service is not available. Task Scheduler will attempt to reconnect to it.<\/a><\/p>\n
    To workaround the problem, disable all network conditions and use the following custom trigger method.<\/p>\n
      \n
    1. Double-click the newly created task.<\/li>\n
    2. Select the Conditions tab, and uncheck Start only if the following network connection is available<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. Select the Triggers tab, and click Edit.<\/li>\n
    4. In the Edit Trigger dialog, click Custom, and click New Event Filter…
      \n\"trigger<\/li>\n
    5. In the New Event Filter, select the XML tab, and enable Edit query manually<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    6. Click Yes, when you see the message: If you choose to manually edit the query, you will no longer be able to modify the query using the controls on the Filter tab. Would you like to continue?<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
    7. Paste the following custom XML trigger markup in the text box.\n
      <QueryList>\r\n<Query Id=\"0\" Path=\"System\">\r\n<Select Path=\"Microsoft-Windows-NetworkProfile\/Operational\">\r\n*[System[(EventID=10000)]] and *[EventData[(Data[@Name=\"Name\"]=\"TYPE-YOUR-SSID<\/strong>\")]]\r\n<\/Select>\r\n<\/Query>\r\n<\/QueryList><\/pre>\n
      If need to trigger the task when you connect to an active directory domain network, use the domain name instead of the SSID.<\/em><\/li>\n
    8. Click OK, OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Similarly, you may create another event trigger scheduled task that runs when you connect to your office network, which in turn launches a custom VBScript, a program or a batch file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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