Look for File Explorer by clicking on Windows Key + E on your keyboard (you can also do this by going to My Computer) and then search for Startup in the search bar as indicated in the screenshot below: Setting up the connection to automatically start up Once you’ve done editing the file, please click on File and then followed by Save.

The connection name that comes after rasdial.exe should reflect on what VPN connection that you currently have whereas “Your MPN Username” and “Your MPN Password” should be replaced with your username and password respectively, while keeping the quotes intact as well.

Note: If you have a VPN connection in which you’ve setup the name of the PPTP or L2TP connection to be just MPN, then you should change “MPN GBR” to just “MPN”. If you’re about to connect to other country (for example, USA) then you should set it to MPN USA instead of MPN GBR. You should see the contents of the batch file in Notepad as follow: bat) and then click on Save.Īfter downloading the batch file, please edit the batch file by right clicking the file that you’ve downloaded and click on Edit. Set the file name to VPN Auto-Startup.bat or other file name (it needs to end with. When it’s done, you would have to click on File > Save As and select All Files under the Save As Type drop down menu Then, you would have to refer to the next step ( Editing the batch file) to edit the content according to the VPN connection that you’re trying to connect and your VPN username and password with us. Rasdial.exe “MPN GBR” “Your MPN Username” “Your MPN Password” (Skip this and proceed to Editing the batch file if you’ve already downloaded our batch file above)įirst, open up Notepad, and then copy and paste the contents below to the Notepad: Should you see a program running as below, click on the X button at the upper right hand side of the window to close it.Īlternatively, you can create the batch file without downloading anything else. Once the file has been downloaded, please try and run it once and i f you see a prompt as below, please ensure that you tick the checkbox and then click on Run Anyway. It should work fine with Windows XP as well but we can’t be sure since we currently do not have any Windows XP machine to test this out.įirst of all, please download our batch file in which you would need to set up later. Note: We’ve tested this on Windows 7, 8 / 8.1 and Windows 10.

If you haven’t set it up yet, please refer to our Get Started instructions. This article will guide you on how to setup your existing L2TP or PPTP VPN connection to launch automatically when your computer starts.īefore going any further, you should already have a working L2TP or PPTP connection set up on your computer and you should be able to connect to our service using this without any problems.

Batch file to create vpn connection