#!/snap/bin/powershell <# .SYNTAX ./add-firewall-rules.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION adds firewall rules for the given executables, administrator rights are required .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 $path -Profile Domain, Private -Action Allow } Write-Host -NoNewLine ''Done - press any key to continue...''; [void]$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 } catch { write-error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }