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I am trying to set up a mobile hotspot in Windows 10 but the settings are disabled and the error message does not explain what the exact problem is.

Error in Windows10 settings dialog

The machine in question is a VM in VMWare Workstation and has a Wi-Fi and a cellular USB-stick attached. I had tried MyPublicWiFi before I discovered that Win10 had built-in settings for this, but now I have uninstalled MyPublicWiFi.

So, does anyone know what could cause the above mentioned error message?

Edit: I still don't know the reason for the error message, but it went away after I used a different Wi-Fi USB-Stick!

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I had the same problem, I couldn't get that to work but there is a way to activate a hotspot, follow the steps below.

  1. Open CMD as Admin (WIN+X, "Command Prompt (Admin)"). Enter the commands as below.

  2. netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=name key=pw

    • Substitute your preferred Hotspot Network Name for name and Password for pw

  3. netsh wlan start hostednetwork

  4. Go to "Settings>Network & Internet>Wi-Fi>Change adapter options" and look for a new "Local Area Connection #..." (It should show "Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter" as the Adapter). Right-click this and select "Properties", then select the "Sharing Tab. Check "Allow other network Users to connect through this computer's Internet connection"

Troubleshooting: If you find any errors such as "The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation.": enter image description here

  • Type Win+X
  • Go to Device Manager
  • View / Check Show Hidden Devices
  • Search for a Network driver called "Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter"
  • Disable / Enable it enter image description here
  • Go back to the Mobile Hotpost settings
  • Now you might be able to enable it enter image description here
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I got this error after connecting/disconnecting another wifi adapter. I went to Device Manager and disabled then re-enabled the original adapter and the error went away

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