<# .SYNOPSIS Adds firewall rules for executables (needs admin rights) .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script adds firewall rules for the given executable. Administrator rights are required. .PARAMETER PathToExecutables Specifies the path to the executables .EXAMPLE PS> ./add-firewall-rules.ps1 C:\MyApp\bin Adding firewall rule for C:\MyApp\bin\app1.exe Adding firewall rule for C:\MyApp\bin\app2.exe ... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> #Requires -RunAsAdministrator param([string]$PathToExecutables = "") $command = ' $output = ''Firewall rules for path '' + $args[0] write-output $output for($i = 1; $i -lt $args.count; $i++){ $path = $args[0] $path += ''\'' $path += $args[$i] $null = $args[$i] -match ''[^\\]*\.exe$'' $name = $matches[0] $output = ''Adding firewall rule for '' + $name write-output $output $null = New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName $name -Direction Inbound -Program $path -Profile Domain, Private -Action Allow } write-host -foregroundColor green -noNewline ''Done - press any key to continue...''; [void]$Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey(''NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown''); ' try { if ($PathToExecutables -eq "" ) { $PathToExecutables = read-host "Enter path to executables" } $PathToExecutables = Convert-Path -Path $PathToExecutables $Apps = Get-ChildItem "$PathToExecutables\*.exe" -Name if($Apps.count -eq 0){ write-warning "No executables found. No Firewall rules have been created." Write-Host -NoNewhLine 'Press any key to continue...'; [void]$Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey('NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown'); exit 1 } $arg = "PathToExecutables $Apps" Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "-command & {$command} $arg" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }