Windows 10 Firewall Incorrectly Restricting Internet Access To 🚦 A Program? The Best Way You Should Tell Windows 10 Firewall That A Software Program Is OK To Access The World Wide Web 🗣

Fixing Windows 10 Firewall Program Internet Access Blocking

If Windows 10 Firewall is wrongfully Restricting Internet Access to a Software Program (thus preventing the software from running the way it is intended to) this page shows you how to tell Windows 10 Firewall & Security to Allow the Software Program to Communicate with the World Wide Web.

How to Notify Windows 10 Firewall & Network Protection to Permit a Software Access the Digitial Outside World

1. Click the Windows 10 Start button in the system tray. This will cause the Windows 10 System Tray to Expand.
2. Type the word Firewall.
3. You will see the word Firewall & network protection. Click that. This will launch the Firewall & Network Protection App.
4. Click the text Allow an app through firewall. This will cause the Windows Defender Firewall Allowed Apps Dialog to Display.
5. In the Windows Defender Firewall Allowed Apps Dialog, click the button with the text Change Settings (unless it is grayed out), and then click the button with the text Allow Another App.
6. When the Add App dialog appears, click the button with the text Browser. to navigate to and select the file/software/program you wish to allow internet access.
7. For the most successful results, make sure check BOTH the Private and Public checkboxes are checked, once the new app has been added to the list.
8. Click the OK button to close any/all open dialog boxes.

Windows 10 Start Button

Windows 10 Start Button

Windows 10 Firewall & Network Protection Dialog Box

Windows 10 Firewall & Network Protection Dialog Box

Windows 10 Defender Firewall Allowed Apps Dialog Box

Windows 10 Defender Firewall Allowed Apps Dialog Box

Windows 10 Defender Firewall Add New Software Allowed Internet Access Dialog

Windows 10 Defender Firewall Add New Software Allowed Internet Access Dialog