Help With Firewall

[Sniper Charlie]

Windows 10 Home, 1803 Build, i7 5820k 3.3GHz, 16 GB ram, AMD Radeon R9 Fury X

I hope this is simple enough, however, I couldnt find anything on the web with this issue.

I uninstalled some games and programs, and I clear out my firewall with the entries as well. For example, uninstalled Far Cry 5, went to delete it from the firewall, it did like always, I hit OK at the bottom and didnt think much of it. I went back today, and its still there.

Even if I tick or untick an X, or anything, it seems anything that uninstalled cant and wont change. Programs that are still installed work fine. Check the X, etc.

I went in to Advance Settings in the firewall, and looked for the entries under incoming and outgoing, but Far Cry 5, and the other programs werent there.

Am I missing something or is this even something that can be fixed? Thanks for any help on this, its very, very frustrating.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

imgur link of screenshot?

i tried allowing and disallowing some programs on my potato pc with windows 10 b1903 and it works fine on my local admin windows account.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/search?query=windows%20firewall

[Sniper Charlie]

Been through all that, I know how to do all that, its the fact that when I do remove the program in the list, it comes back when I close and reopen the list. It wont go away. Thats my issue.

Im not trying to allow or disallow programs, Im trying to remove items that I uninstalled. And what I am saying, is that the Remove part works, and I hit OK, but the fact the programs show up again, thats what I am trying to fix.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

are you using an admin user account?
are you the only admin user account in your PC?
have you tried deleting firewall entry in another admin account?

[Midnight Fawn]

Maybe better using the netsh command to remove the rules..?

For inbound - netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=”your rule name” dir=in
For outbound - netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=”your rule name” dir=out

Explains a bit here if you want to read up on the netsh command..

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/947709/how-to-use-the-netsh-advfirewall-firewall-context-instead-of-the-netsh

[Sniper Charlie]

Publicado originalmente por chiefputsilao✖️ping:

are you using an admin user account?
are you the only admin user account in your PC?
have you tried deleting firewall entry in another admin account?

Admin account, and yes, I am the only user.

Publicado originalmente por Midnight Fawn:

Maybe better using the netsh command to remove the rules..?

For inbound - netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=”your rule name” dir=in
For outbound - netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=”your rule name” dir=out

Explains a bit here if you want to read up on the netsh command..

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/947709/how-to-use-the-netsh-advfirewall-firewall-context-instead-of-the-netsh

I will try this and report back.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Just leave it alone. If the apps are removed it's meaningless entries is all. If you want to remove those with ease, use CCLEANER and use the registry cleaning tool which will rid the registry of dead entries, such as windows firewall entries

[Sniper Charlie]

Publicado originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

Just leave it alone. If the apps are removed it's meaningless entries is all. If you want to remove those with ease, use CCLEANER and use the registry cleaning tool which will rid the registry of dead entries, such as windows firewall entries

I used CCleamer after uninstallation. Still there. I guess I m not one to just leave items on my system that are dead. I like to at least try to keep a clean system and not have old entries linger. I will keep trying to figure this out and try get rid of these.

Problem is, Ive never had issues with this. After uninstalling a game, removing the Firewall entry was done, but now, Far Cry 5, Ghost Recon Breakthrough Beta, VLC, Post Scriptum, are all very uninstalled, but still on the list. Plus whats worse, I cant change the setting on anything, I tried to uncheck Maps for instance, nothing else, hit OK, close it, open it back up, and its rechecked.

This is what Im running in to. Its not just games that are uninstalled.

[Sniper Charlie]

Publicado originalmente por Midnight Fawn:

Maybe better using the netsh command to remove the rules..?

For inbound - netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=”your rule name” dir=in
For outbound - netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=”your rule name” dir=out

Explains a bit here if you want to read up on the netsh command..

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/947709/how-to-use-the-netsh-advfirewall-firewall-context-instead-of-the-netsh

This did not work unfortunately

[Sniper Charlie]

Update-I did find some people with this issue, however it seems that some sort of VPN thing called Tunnel Bear was their issue. I have never had this. Unless its buried somewhere in my computer, I dont use a VPN or have ever come across Tunnel Bear in my Device Manager.

The search continues.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

if you have a fast unlimited internet and important files and folders are backed up somewhere else, i'd consider the option of wiping system drive and start from scratch.

you can probably install windows 10 b1803 (or the latest b1903) in less than 30 minutes.
install all motherboard chipset and reboot as needed.
install gpu driver and reboot.
install antivirus/antimalware and reboot.

restoring files from backup may take 2-4 hours, depending on how large your files/folders.

[Midnight Fawn]

If I was you and it was bothering me that much, I would just reset the FW back to defaults..

Batch script that does that:

@echo off

echo - Resetting To Default
netsh advfirewall reset >nul 2>&1

echo - Deleting Rules (In)
netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all dir=in | find /i "Rule Name:" > "%tmp%\1.txt"
for /f "tokens=3*" %%A in ('type "%tmp%\1.txt"') do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule Name="%%A %%B" >nul 2>&1)

echo - Deleting Rules (Out)
netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all dir=out | find /i "Rule Name:" > "%tmp%\1.txt"
for /f "tokens=3*" %%A in ('type "%tmp%\1.txt"') do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule Name="%%A %%B" >nul 2>&1)

[Sniper Charlie]

Publicado originalmente por Midnight Fawn:

If I was you and it was bothering me that much, I would just reset the FW back to defaults..

Batch script that does that:

@echo off

echo - Resetting To Default
netsh advfirewall reset >nul 2>&1

echo - Deleting Rules (In)
netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all dir=in | find /i "Rule Name:" > "%tmp%\1.txt"
for /f "tokens=3*" %%A in ('type "%tmp%\1.txt"') do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule Name="%%A %%B" >nul 2>&1)

echo - Deleting Rules (Out)
netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all dir=out | find /i "Rule Name:" > "%tmp%\1.txt"
for /f "tokens=3*" %%A in ('type "%tmp%\1.txt"') do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule Name="%%A %%B" >nul 2>&1)

Would this basically reset it all and remove everything that I approved and so on?

[Midnight Fawn]

Publicado originalmente por Sniper Charlie:

Publicado originalmente por Midnight Fawn:

If I was you and it was bothering me that much, I would just reset the FW back to defaults..

Batch script that does that:

@echo off

echo - Resetting To Default
netsh advfirewall reset >nul 2>&1

echo - Deleting Rules (In)
netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all dir=in | find /i "Rule Name:" > "%tmp%\1.txt"
for /f "tokens=3*" %%A in ('type "%tmp%\1.txt"') do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule Name="%%A %%B" >nul 2>&1)

echo - Deleting Rules (Out)
netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all dir=out | find /i "Rule Name:" > "%tmp%\1.txt"
for /f "tokens=3*" %%A in ('type "%tmp%\1.txt"') do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule Name="%%A %%B" >nul 2>&1)

Would this basically reset it all and remove everything that I approved and so on?

Yes, it will completely remove any "custom" rules, and reset FW back to defaults.. will also delete the rules you cannot remove..

You can try the script after backing up your current rules:

https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-backup-and-restore-firewall-rules-in-windows-10/

[Sniper Charlie]

Publicado originalmente por Midnight Fawn:

Publicado originalmente por Sniper Charlie:

Would this basically reset it all and remove everything that I approved and so on?

Yes, it will completely remove any "custom" rules, and reset FW back to defaults.. will also delete the rules you cannot remove..

You can try the script after backing up your current rules:

https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-backup-and-restore-firewall-rules-in-windows-10/

I will this and report back, thank you

[Sniper Charlie]

Publicado originalmente por Midnight Fawn:

If I was you and it was bothering me that much, I would just reset the FW back to defaults..

Batch script that does that:

@echo off

echo - Resetting To Default
netsh advfirewall reset >nul 2>&1

echo - Deleting Rules (In)
netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all dir=in | find /i "Rule Name:" > "%tmp%\1.txt"
for /f "tokens=3*" %%A in ('type "%tmp%\1.txt"') do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule Name="%%A %%B" >nul 2>&1)

echo - Deleting Rules (Out)
netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=all dir=out | find /i "Rule Name:" > "%tmp%\1.txt"
for /f "tokens=3*" %%A in ('type "%tmp%\1.txt"') do (
netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule Name="%%A %%B" >nul 2>&1)

This worked perfectly, thank you.

Now that everything is off the list, shouldnt programs need permission now? I have started up Netflix, Vudu, iTunes, etc. So far, nothing has asked for my permission. Steam auto added itself, which is fine, but so far, nothing has popped up.

This doesnt seem normal.