It seems that you discovered a bug. I will fix it in the next WFC release. Until, then use an elevated CMD window and execute these two commands...
The default rule has no custom remote IP addresses set. That property is customizable and were added by you (maybe in the past)? Or maybe imported...
Ports 67 - 68 look like the DHCP rule. I am pretty sure it is a rule issue. It works with outbound filtering enabled on my side.
You must double the underscore in the Name property. The underscore before a character assigns it as an access key. Use W: (WD__BLUE__2TB)
Installer 6.9.9.5 was not updating the service on the update path and for a clean installation did not extract the service on disk at all. This...
Windows Firewall Control v.6.9.9.6 Change log (same as 6.9.9.5): - Fixed: When importing user settings the authorized groups list is not...
Working on a fix. The current installer 6.9.9.5 has a problem with the extraction of the new service. After an update the service remains 6.9.9.4...
Indeed, let me fix it.
The rule which I recommended applies to UDP protocol and remote port 53. In your screenshot, your remote port is 5353 and 5355. Try to update that...
With the new version, if you have a conflicting block rule you will not see duplicates rules anymore, because now the logic was extended to search...
When using the updater, Secure Profile remains enabled on my side. Do you uninstall first the existing version and then reinstall the new version?...
Windows Firewall Control v.6.9.9.5 Change log: - Fixed: When importing user settings the authorized groups list is not refreshed. - Fixed: The...
I just enabled Windows Sandbox on my laptop. Inside the Windows Sandbox, if you install WFC you will notice that Windows Firewall works the same...
In the uninstall dialog use the third option which will not touch the rules during the uninstall. Anyway, always make a backup of your rules if...
Upgrade from which version? What kind of warning? Yes, export your rules to have a backup of them, uninstall WFC, reinstall WFC, import your...
I am not saying that is not like you describe it. I tried another thing on my machine. I manually set High Filtering profile, then I went in...
Let's take out Secure Boot from this equation. Your complaint is that with High Filtering profile, at startup, you can open a CMD window and ping...
That tool is called Notepad++ :). You are asking too much from a freeware software maintained by one developer.
I am sorry but I do not understand. The network filtering is done by Windows Firewall, not by the tray process wfc.exe. If you start wfc.exe and...
WFC service is subscribed to system shut down event. When this event is received, if Secure Boot is enabled and the profile is not already High...
It will be included in the next version :)
If you close wfcUI.exe and restart it with Run as administrator then you will be able to browse that folder. This kind of rule doesn't stop...
The experimental feature is an experimental feature. Unlike the regular notifications, the experimental feature does not check if an existing...
If you create your rules from WFwAS they will have no group name set. If you enable Secure Rules from WFC, the rules that you create in WFwAS...
I did this with several programs and there is no deletion on my Windows 11 23H2 machine. [ATTACH] How do you create these firewall rules? From...
Separate names with a comma.