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Windows Firewall tip

When using the command line to configure application exception rules it is best for ease of administration to make sure that you name the exception, for example.

netsh firewall set allowedprogram program=c:\windows\notepad.exe

This command will work fine and the syntax is more than acceptable and the rule would be added but, the application will only show up as Unspecified in the Windows Firewall application fine for one instance but for many applications admin nightmare!

To simple fix this issue

netsh firewall set allowedprogram program=c:\windows\notepad.exe name=Notepad

Makes things much neater.

Don't forget when doing this you will need to use a command prompt with elevated permissions.

Right click CMD and Run As Administrator

or

Ctrl+Shift+Enter when you launch the cmd prompt