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I have a service (say BS.exe) written using C# of which the installer is created using Wix and C# (which means it has a Custom Action program associated with the Wix installer program as well). Now, after the program in installed there is a need to go to Windows Firewall settings and register the BS.exe there. That is, go to Windows Firewall -> Change Settings -> Exceptions tab and add BS.exe there.

However, now we need to do this process automatically during the installation time. I guess the Custom Action program associated with the Wix is the best place. So is there a way to register this EXE as a Firewall exception using C#?

Thanks in advance!

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privatevoid, thanks a lot.

It works fine. However, I am encountering a problem that needs to be solved. That is, the "NetFwTypeLib" object resides in hnetcfg.dll in XP while it is inside the FirewallAPI.dll in Vista.

Since I need my application be authorized irrespective of the OS, how am I to tackle that problem? I cannot use both the .dlls can I? And it is a must that one code should be able to do this.

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I would just check what OS (Environment.OSVersion) the application is running on and then decide in code which dll to look for.

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