Wi-Fi connection is not established or Wi-Fi direct proximity test fails in Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2

Symptoms

Assume that you install update 2919355 on a computer that is running Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, or Windows Server 2012 R2. In this scenario, you encounter the following issues:

• If you run an application that uses the PeerFinder class in the Windows.Networking.Proximity namespace to detect Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi detected connection is not established on the application.

• If you run the Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK) Wi-Fi direct proximity test, the test fails. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
  
  

  Error: PeerFinder.ConnectAsync() returned with exception: System.Exception: The enumeration value is out of range. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706F5)

Cause

This issue occurs because update 2919355 does not include an updated ProximityService.dll file. This causes any application that uses the PeerFinder class to fail.

How to obtain this update

To resolve this issue, we have released an update rollup for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about the Windows.Networking.Proximity namespace, go to the following Microsoft website:

General information about the Windows.Networking.Proximity namespaceFor more information about the Wi-Fi direct proximity tests, go to the following Microsoft website:

General information about the Wi-Fi direct proximity tests For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates