Windows XP wifi "view available wireless networks"

Did anyone ever respond to this question? I'm looking for the same command line shortcut myself.

Hey there... I actually found a way... it is not, let's say... conventional... but It will do the trick...

Step 1 would be: create a new text file and put this on it

rundll32.exe van.dll,RunVAN

save it as "wifi.bat" and create a shortcut of it wherever you want,

right-click the shortcut, select propriety and edit its shortcut key to CTRL + ALT + W

now Ctrl+ALT+W will popup that available Wireless network window.

Or use any other trick to map a keyboard shortcut to it ...

Step 2 would be to create another text file and save it as .vbs with the following text.

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run chr(34) & "C:\Path of the bat file you just created\fileyoucreated.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WshShell = Nothing

This will create a vbs file linked to the bat file. And then double clicking on the vbs file will show you the window!

I don't seem to have VAN.dll on my machine either. What O/S are you referring to?

Hey idiot, the original poster and the subsequent poster are looking for a soulution for Windows Xp as clearly indicated in their question. van.dll (acronym: View Available Networks) is a component of Vista and above. Keeping your mouth shut would make you look less stupid. Take the time to understand the question before running your mouth.