Supprimer an unused/hidden réseau connexion so that an existing name can be reused

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Comment puis-je safely remove a network connection that is no longer visible in `Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network Connections` on Windows 10?

Je veux reuse the name of a previously existing connection, "USB Ethernet", so that I can programmatically find this connection on multiple PCs if it exists.

Quand je try to rename one of the connections I get l'erreur suivante message: "Cannot rename this connection. A connection with the name that you specified already exists. Specify a different name."

There are no hidden adaptors in Gestionnaire de périphériques: [https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/315539/device-manager-does-not-display-devices-that-are-not-connected](
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Other posts mention editing le registre and removing the GUID that represents that specific connection under:
`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network`

Cependant, this connection may be referenced in other places within le registre. Comment puis-je **safely** remove the connection and all its references?

There are many unused/hidden connections on my machine according to le registre: `Local Area Connection* 11`, `Local Area Connection* 2`, `Local Area Connection* 7` etc.

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Remove hidden adapter:
[Proposed solution:](https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=82574&p=398846#p396149)

Steps:

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In regedit remove the adapter à partir de là: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkSetup2\Interfaces

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Use [https://github.com/jschicht/RunAsTI](
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