NetFresh

🛜 A Windows desktop tool for cleaning up stale network profiles and renumbering them

Install

pnpm install

Usage

Requires administrator privileges — the app auto-elevates via UAC on launch.

Development

pnpm tauri dev

Build

pnpm tauri build

Features

• List all network profiles with active/stale/offline status
• One-click cleanup of stale auto-numbered profiles + sequential renumbering
• Inline rename any profile by clicking its name
• Delete individual profiles with confirmation
• Auto backup before any destructive operation (exports .reg file)
• Dark/light theme
• i18n support (English / Chinese)

How It Works

Windows creates a new network profile every time it detects a "new" network, auto-naming them "Network", "Network 2", "Network 3"... The numbers only go up, never reset. VPN / ZeroTier reconnects, router resets, and VM adapter changes all inflate the numbering.

Profiles are stored at:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles\{GUID}

Key fields: ProfileName, Category (0=Public, 1=Private, 2=Domain), NameType (0x6=auto-numbered, 0x35=custom name).

Cleanup logic:

1. Backup registry to .reg file
2. Delete inactive auto-numbered profiles
3. Renumber remaining active auto-numbered profiles sequentially
4. Skip custom-named profiles

License

MIT © Guany