Wireless Radio Disabled on Cold Boot of MC3100 Series

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After a cold boot of your Motorola / Symbol MC3100 series device, if you find that your wireless radio is disabled, create the following .reg file and add it to the \Application folder on the device;


REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\WLAN]
"InitialState"=dword:00000000


One day, you never know, Motorola might actually start putting this sort of stuff into their documentation. :\

Tested as working on MC3190 device.

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  1. Anonymous27 January 2011 at 09:56

    Thank you. This was very helpful.

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  2. Boosa17 June 2013 at 16:51

    I lost two hours with trying and then I found this page.
    Thank you Will.

    I can confirm, that this procedure also is working on MC9190 device.

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    1. Will Robinson20 June 2013 at 08:47

      No problem, Boosa.

      Hopefully anyone with a MC9190 and the same problem will find this page. I lost a lot of time until I found the solution to this, too! Very frustrating!

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  3. Unknown30 December 2013 at 05:44

    Thank you very much !!! I tried so many solutions in recent months that I desperais to find one. My client will finally be happy not to activate the WiFi itself.

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  4. SADAKU16 March 2014 at 06:29

    thank u
    But this registry will help us to remove the disable radio only when rebooting.
    I need to auto coneect the saved WIFI when it rebooting and untick the regulatory also..
    can u help me..

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  5. Will Robinson16 March 2014 at 07:27

    Hi SADAKU,

    To keep the WiFi profile you have setup on the device after the cold boot, you will need to create a registry file for the connection.

    To do this, set up your connection using the Wireless Settings as normal then when you have completed this, long press the connection and select the "Export" option to save a registry file with your settings into the "\Application" folder.

    Hope this helps,
    Will

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  6. Unknown13 May 2014 at 11:47

    hi will

    I'm new to this topic I've tried creating the log file but does not work, can you help?

    mail: ochs.vedder.17@gmail.com

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  7. Will Robinson13 May 2014 at 13:30

    Hi Omar,

    What device are you using and what do you mean by "log file"? This is a registry file, not a log file.

    Thanks,
    Will

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  8. Unknown12 October 2014 at 02:42

    Thanks will ,
    Could you help me to create register file to application to run after cold boot ..named wave_logix /application\wave_logix\wave logix.exe

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    1. Will Robinson12 October 2014 at 02:46

      Hi Mohamed,

      Depends on the version of Windows CE you are using. Take a look at this blog entry about run files, those are better suited than the registry for starting applications:

      http://dotfret.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/power-of-run-files.html?m=1

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    2. Unknown14 October 2014 at 01:31

      Thank Robison you are really good helper ...now when I make a cold boot ..enable WiFi then auto start WiFi saved profile and auto run my application ...now after cold boot just make the calibration ,can it be cancel?

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    3. Will Robinson16 October 2014 at 11:47

      Hi Mohamed,

      Not tried to skip it myself. Suspect it's Windows related rather than Motorola. Our users tend to press escape on that screen!

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  9. Unknown13 October 2014 at 18:13

    I have a Motorola MK3190 kiosk with similar problem, WiFi is always disabled after a cold boot. I added a .reg file in the \Application folder on the device with the following:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\WLAN]
    "InitialState"=dword:00000000

    However, WiFi is still deactivated after a cold boot. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

    Thanks

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    1. Will Robinson13 October 2014 at 23:12

      Hi Mark,

      The device you mention is a Windows CE 7 device, not sure this registry entry is valid for that OS.

      Are your wireless profiles still there after cold boot or is the device losing those, too? When you say deactivated, what are the exact symptoms you are seeing?

      Regards,
      Will

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    2. Unknown25 April 2015 at 23:24

      Hi, Will
      I have a Motorola MK3190 kiosk with similar problem, WiFi is always disabled after a cold boot. I added a .reg file in the \Application folder on the device with the following:

      [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\WLAN]
      "InitialState"=dword:00000000

      However, WiFi is still deactivated after a cold boot. It has windows Embedded Compact 7. pls advice

      Thanks
      anees

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    3. Unknown27 April 2015 at 01:54

      Hi Mark

      Did you find any solution to MK3190

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  10. Unknown24 February 2015 at 06:34

    Hi! everybody I'm a collector model motorola MC3190 it is configured on the network. but this device loses connection via wifi, check wifi status IPV4 this lose the IP, I did change in the options checkbox regulatory disable this option to connection of network. somebody have any idea? Can you help?

    pedro.samos.avil@hotmail.com

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    1. Will Robinson24 February 2015 at 06:49

      Hi Pedro,

      Not sure what you mean "loses the IP" - do you mean it disconnects from WiFi after being connected? Does the IP not survive a cold boot?

      Regards,
      Will

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  11. Ashley30 September 2015 at 18:57

    Hi will, since 4 days, i'm looking for a solution about how to forward data (tags readen) from my Motorola / Symbol MC3100 device to my computer as a .xls or .csv or .txt file.

    I tried to connect via wifi (don't know the importance of this feature except connection on internet) but it's still impossible for me. I created the .reg file you gave and charged it in :/application file on the device by bluetooth from my computer but no way to work.

    The second point isn't most important than the first one.

    Please help me. Thanks in advance.

    Ashley
    info@tgmaster.com

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  12. Unknown8 January 2016 at 05:35

    Hello.

    I have a different problem reported here, when you cold boot is losing your IP settings and disabling wifi.

    After running the reg file, stopped disable wifi after startup, but still losing IP settings, you know what might be happening?

    Leonardo
    leonardospirit@gmail.com

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  13. Will Robinson8 January 2016 at 07:46

    Hi Leonardo,

    When you setup the wifi, did you long press the profile and click the "Export.." option? If not, do that and save the resulting reg file in the \Application folder and your wifi should persist the cold boot.

    Regards,
    Will

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  14. Unknown23 June 2016 at 14:57

    I have a bunch of WinCE5 scanners (Motorola MC9190) that when they have die or from cold boot, the Wireless Radio will not turn back on and has to be manually enabled. how the heck do I edit the registry on there to tell that thing to turn on automagically? some one said "create a reg file" how, there is no registry for me to go to, to do this. what I mean is, can some one break it down nice and simple for my dumb brain to handle

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    1. Will Robinson24 June 2016 at 00:06

      Hello,

      This guide assumes you have a Windows PC:

      You will need a way to transfer files onto the device (ie: you will need a dock and USB cable and software such as ActiveSync to copy files across.

      Open "Notepad" and copy in the following:

      Copy & Paste the text between these lines into Notepad
      ---------------------------
      REGEDIT4

      [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\WLAN]
      "InitialState"=dword:00000000
      ----------------------------------

      Click save and enter the filename "wireless.reg" and save in a folder you can access easily such as your desktop (important: include the quotes in the file name - Notepad will save the file extension then)

      Click "Explore" in ActiveSync or select the device from your "My Computer" and browse to the "Application" folder.

      Copy the wireless.reg file from your PC to the application folder

      Hold the 1 & 9 keys and simultaneously press the power button - this should force a cold boot and you should be able to see if the WiFi is enabled.

      Remember: This only enables the WiFi card, it does not do the work to save the WiFi details - that's a different thing you need to do by clicking "Export" after you have input your WiFi details

      Regards,
      Will

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    2. Unknown24 June 2016 at 04:50

      I will try this out and get back to you, thank you

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  15. Piotr1 February 2021 at 03:12

    For me, motorola MC 9190 with windows 6.0 CE
    it also worked, thank you very much

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