This is one of the most annoying issues in Windows these days. If you’re comfortable with PowerShell, changing the network type from “Public” to “Private” in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is relatively easy.
First, you will need to be an an elevated PowerShell session. You can get there by right-clicking on the PowerShell icon, and selecting “Run as Administrator.” However, if you are already in a non-elevated PowerShell session, you can spawn an elevated session using the following command:
Start-Process WindowsPowerShell.exe -verb RunAs
Next, we need to identify the network InterfaceIndex. Let’s issue the command:
PSH> Get-NetConnectionProfile …[snip]... Name : Unidentified network InterfaceAlias : vEthernet (Local-10) InterfaceIndex : 18 NetworkCategory : Public IPv4Connectivity : LocalNetwork IPv6Connectivity : LocalNetwork
In this example, the interface has an index of 18. To elevate this specific network to Private…
Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex 18 -NetworkCategory Private
That’s about it. I hope this helps someone.
