Setting Firewall by Registry

[katnip]

How can I get this to work?
I'm trying to replace "Data" in |App=Data| in the below code with no luck.

Data = SessionVar.Expand("%AppFolder%\\Setup.exe");

Registry.SetValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Services\\SharedAccess\\Parameters\\FirewallPolicy\\FirewallRules","{91F7E1FE-37CF-4C24-8FA9-55380C8DC1CE}","v2.24|Action=Allow|Active=TRUE|Dir=In|Protocol=6|Profile=Private|Profile=Public|App=Data|Name=Setup.exe|",REG_SZ);

[Ulrich]

That probably should be

Registry.SetValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Services\\SharedAccess\\Parameters\\FirewallPolicy\\FirewallRules","{91F7E1FE-37CF-4C24-8FA9-55380C8DC1CE}","v2.24|Action=Allow|Active=TRUE|Dir=In|Protocol=6|Profile=Private|Profile=Public|App=" .. Data .. "|Name=Setup.exe|",REG_SZ);

However, I believe that a better way than editing the registry for opening the firewall would be calling the netsh utility in the %SystemFolder%, and pass the proper parameters like advfirewall firewall add rule program= ...

Ulrich

[calbert]

Setting Firewall Rules

Attached are two functions that I use, OpenFirewallToApp(), and CloseFirewallToApp().

Enjoy!