Allowing an executable in the Firewall outbound rules (windows 10)

Greatings,

I would like to change firewall rules. I would like outbound connections to be blocked if not specifically allowed. I can do that by going into the advanced rules of the firewall. However when I do, I cannot allow PaleMoon portable in the outbound rules because, probably, it's just an executable not a real program (it doesn't appear in the program list of the control panel and the executable's name is Palemoon-Portable.exe).

I'd like to know if there is a way to allow this portable version of PaleMoon in the outbound rules of the firewall. I could allow Waterfox but not PaleMoon Portable which hasn't been installed. If I cannot, I'll stick with the default firewall rules to keep my portable version of PaleMoon running.

Thanks for your attention,

Please, can you tell me if I did something unappropriate



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Alternatively, use Sordum.org's Firewall App Blocker to create the block/allow rules for you. In my experience it's so much easier than navigating the Windows Firewall UI, especially for portable apps.

Hope this helps...

I didn't understand at first, tried to type Bin/Palemoon in the Windows Explorer then went to appdata then I understood.

After having allowed the Palemoon.exe and the updater in

D:\00 JEAN PHILIPPE INFO CAPTVTY\Pale Moon Portable\Bin\Palemoon

it works perfectly. I would have tried the Firewall AppBlocker if it hadn't.

Wonder how you know this, thanks to both of you anyway.

Franzmann said:

I would have tried the Firewall AppBlocker if it hadn't.

Wonder how you know this, thanks to both of you anyway.

There is often a disconnect between Microsoft's programmers and its UI teams. They just don't seem to connect/communicate these days for our benefit. (Or it's deliberate... who knows?)

As a result, many third-party utilities have appeared, trying to sort the disconnect between two apparently different mindsets.

Firewall AppBlocker is just one of many (hundreds?) of similar examples of third-party utilities helping us do what Microsoft isn't willing or able to.