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| 746451 | Samuli Seppänen | 2025-01-29 08:59:08 | 1 | # Introduction |
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| 3 | [This script](http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/4975) was first sent to the openvpn-devel mailinglist. |
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| 5 | # Description |
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| 7 | I was looking for a scripted way to rename the tap network node to make it easier for installing my clients. Attached is the batch file I used to rename my network node. I still have to answer yes to two questions but that is much easier to instruct someone to do. This was tested on Windows 7 but it should work on older versions of windows (with XP it should work even better) but I haven't tried it yet. |
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| 9 | Basically, what this script does is as follows: it dumps the content of |
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| 11 | ``` |
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| 12 | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} |
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| 13 | ``` |
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| 15 | and looks for the "TAP-Win32 Adapter V9" `DriverDesc` and matches it up with its `NetCfgInstanceId`. It then creates a reg file that modifies the |
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| 17 | ``` |
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| 18 | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\[NetCfgInstanceId]\Connection\Name |
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| 19 | ``` |
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| 21 | registry entry to the name you have in the client.ovpn config file. Could Microsoft have picked a more obscure naming convention? |