About Windows Firewall

About Windows Firewall.

Winow Firewall has more than 700 Firewall rules , most of them are hidden
Why do  Calculator , camera ,CloudExperienceHost, DesktopAppInstaller,
;FilePicker,Getstarted,;.MSPaint,;Narrator,;OneNote,;OOBENetwork,;ParentalControls,
Photos,ScreenSketch,ShellExperienceHost,Sticky Notes,Solitaire Collection|,
StartMenuExperienceHost, Xbox,YourPhone,ZuneMusic,ZuneVideo and
many more others  have  direct internet access to windows servers ,
each of them has many direct channels ( min 4 , up to 10, 20 ??)  to those servers .
Why is Microsoft doing this ???
For itself in the name  of improving programs ???
Probably they sell  to advertising firms
Mayby they sell us out to the Us goverment ??
Mayby to the Chinese goverment ??
Who knows??, 
Microsoft is not going to tell us the whole story
I have removed  Windows Firewall. completedly and replaced it with Tinywall
and this is perfect for me.
Look onto the internet and You will find more Firewalls if this one is not
your choice

icy

How you do it
removed  Windows Firewall. completedly

hi q&q

Windows Firewall = WF.msc
WF.msc 113 KB in C:\Windows\System32\en-US = Windows Firewall
WF.msc 113 KB in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US
Search Registry WF.msc Data & Txt ,delete
Delete Registry : 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Defaults\FirewallPolicy
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\EnterpriseResourceManager\AllowedNodePaths\CSP\Firewall
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\EnterpriseResourceManager\AllowedNodePaths\CSP\Firewall
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsRuntime\ActivatableClassId\Microsoft.Bluetooth.Profiles.Gatt.Interface.GattServerFirewall
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\WindowsRuntime\ActivatableClassId\Microsoft.Bluetooth.Profiles.Gatt.Interface.GattServerFirewall

delete :
C:\Windows\System32\en-U\WF.msc
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\WF.msc
C:\Windows\system32\FirewallControlPanel.dll
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FirewallControlPanel.

Delete Firewallrules in  AppCs\ & AppPkgId, all done by winreducer

icy

Thank you my Friend

C:\Windows\System32\en-U\WF.msc
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\WF.msc

How to delete though? I cannot.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsRuntime\ActivatableClassId\Microsoft.Bluetooth.Profiles.Gatt.Interface.GattServerFirewall
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\WindowsRuntime\ActivatableClassId\Microsoft.Bluetooth.Profiles.Gatt.Interface.GattServerFirewall

Unable to delete also.

Hi Crack Dog

You can learn how to use SetACL  like Winterstorm does
or more simple  download  Powerrun at https://www.sordum.org/9416/powerrun-v1-4-run-with-highest-privileges/
and run everything with TrustedInstaller to delete
I do not know if this is working with  the Windows registry editor,
but with Registrar which i use,it works everytime
icy

Thank you! I've wanted something like this for a long time.

hi Crack Dog
if You have  a problem deleting a file or directory then they have  an hidden or system attribute.
this can be changed with Total Commander
And if it really does not work then use delete on reboot at
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icy

Thank you, I'll check out delete.on.reboot. I've tried Total Commander in the past but it's a little too expensive for what I need. Powerrun/Registrar seems to work to remove the registry entries though.

Thanks for sharing this icy007, I always thought it was strange how windows firewall functioned, I started removing it and am using your suggested software tinywall. Great little program! I like how it can even block Windows store update and windows update in exceptions.