Windows 10 Firewall & Security Incorrectly Restricting Internet Access To ⛔ A Software Program? How To Direct Windows 10 Firewall That A Program Is OK To Access The Outside Digital World 🗺

Fixing Windows 10 Firewall Program Internet Access Prevention

If Windows 10 Firewall & Security is incorrectly Restricting Internet Access to a File (thus preventing it from running correctly) this page provides exact instructions on the best way you should tell Windows 10 Firewall & Internet Security to Permit the Software to Communicate with the Internet.

How to Notify Windows 10 Network Security to Permit a Software Communication on 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