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Disable or Enable firewall through registry key

We can disable firewall using firewall.cpl user interface. Another way to do the same is by editing the registry key “EnableFirewall“. We can find this registry key under in the below node.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSharedAccessParametersFirewallPolicyStandardProfile

Setting the data in this parameter to 0 will disable firewall on the machine. To enable firewall you need to set the registry value to 1.

To disable exceptions to firewall policy add and set the below registry key to 1.

DoNotAllowExceptions(REG_DWORD) under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSharedAccessParametersFirewallPolicyStandardProfile

{ 2 comments… add one }
  • Tanveer February 3, 2016, 12:53 pm

    Thanx it helped me in scripting.

  • Ale December 18, 2018, 3:25 pm

    The path with the slash:

    Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile

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