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It’s possible this is some quirk isolated to the current version of the Windows 10 firewall, and that you can use environmental variables in other versions, but we’d encourage you to just remove the variable and use the full and absolute file path to save yourself a headache today and down the road.įinally, there’s one small but important thing to keep in mind here. In our case it looks like this:Ĭ:\Users\Jason\Documents\MaxthonPortable\App\Maxthon\Bin\Maxthon.exe Instead, we need to replace the file path that includes the environmental variable with the full file path.

That file path is understood by Windows, but for some reason is no longer recognized when inserted into a firewall rule. %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MaxthonPortable\App\Maxthon\Bin\Maxthon.exe When we browsed to the EXE file for our Maxthon web browser, Windows plugged in the following program path information for the file, which was located in our Documents folder: In case that’s a tad confusing let us illustrate with our example program from above. If the file you have browsed to is anywhere that uses an environmental variable (like the /User/ path or the /Program Files/ path), you have to manually edit the program path entry to remove the variable and replace it with the correct and full file path. įor some reason, despite the fact that this is the default way it populated the program path field, it will break the firewall rule. For example, instead of inserting C:\Users\Steve\, it will swap that portion for the environmental variable %USERPROFILE%. When you use the “Browse” command to select an EXE file, Windows defaults to using what are known as environmental variables if the particular path includes a given path portion represented by one of those variables. Important Note before clicking continue! (Source: howtogeek) Select the “This program path” option, and then type (or browse for) the path to the program you want to block.In the wizard that pops up, make sure "program" is selected and then click "next".In the far right pane, click “New Rule” to create a new rule for outbound traffic.On the left side, click the “Outbound Rules” link.Since you said it didn't work here is another option If the program is not in this list, use the “Browse…” button to select the program file manually. Choose the application in the list and select “Add“.