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I want to explicitly tell Windows 10 1909 to consider my VPN connection as non-metered.

whenever I connect to my VPN server, created from the Windows settings, apps like Mail stop showing me notifications, Store won't automatically update apps and things like that. Windows by default thinks my VPN connection is set as metered.

I went to

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\DefaultMediaCost

but there is no mention of my VPN connection's name

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I manually set them all to "1" which means Non-metered. that didn't help.

can anyone help me set my VPN connection as Non-metered so Windows 10 can use Internet as much as it wants just like when I connect to Internet without VPN? Thanks

More info on this:

this is how advanced settings for WiFi looks like in Windows settings

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And this is how advanced settings for VPN looks like in Windows settings

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You see the part about "Metered Connection" is missing from VPN settings!

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  • What VPN software do you use?
    – Ecstasy
    Commented Feb 20, 2020 at 14:09
  • Nothing. I use PPTP/SSTP protocols, you can set them up in Windows 10 settings => Network & Internet => VPN without any software.
    – Sam
    Commented Feb 20, 2020 at 16:31

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Reset to default
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You can do this in command prompt!

Show profiles: netsh wlan show profiles
Set unmetered: netsh wlan set profileparameter name="profile_name" cost=Unrestricted

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  • But my VPN is not a wlan and running the first command won't list my VPN name. it just shows my WIFI name which is already set as non-metered in the Windows 10 settings.
    – Sam
    Commented Feb 20, 2020 at 16:23

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