Windows 10: Firewall Rules to Allow Microsoft Store

Hi,We have our firewall set to block all traffic, what addresses can we add to the firewall to allow access to Microsoft Store.

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Firewall no longer allowing "Allowed" program on Inbound Rule

Using Windows 10 and trying to allow a program to access my computer remotely through a specified port.

This used to work by allowing it in the firewall settings and turning on both public and private firewalls.

Now I have to turn off the public firewall to allow it to access my computer remotely even though it is in the inbound rules list with :

Profile: Private, Public

Enabled: Yes

Action: Allow:

Program: [path to program]

Everything else : any

This allowing used to work but now it doesn't.

 

Add Store apps to Windows Firewall outbound rule

I successfully acquired applications through Microsoft Store, using a temporary solution. Microsoft needs to provide a full list of IPs to add exceptions. A script to add / remove these exceptions to Windows Firewall is helpful.

I added two more outbound rules:

• Windows Authentication (svchost.exe)
  
  • Program: C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
    
  • Allowed remote IP range:
    
    • 40.126.31.0/24
      
    • 40.126.32.0/24
      
• Windows Store Download (svchost.exe)
  
  • Program: C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
    
  • Allowed remote IP ranges:
    
    • 23.67.131.0/24
      
    • 13.107.4.0/24
      
    • 20.82.154.241/24
      
    • 2a02:26f0:dc:2b8::3114/112
      

This is a temporary solution because IP changes whenever Windows Store is restarted. A workaround is to allow svchost.exe to connect to any IP while installing applications.

 

Add Store apps to Windows Firewall outbound rule

Hello,

I have changed Windows Firewall to block outbound connections.

I had no problem configuring outbound rules to allow classic applications accessing the internet.

I have tried adding the following two rules, but it does not work:

• %ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_22210.1401.13.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WinStore.App.exe
  
• C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
  

I receive the next error when trying to use Windows Store:

You'll need the Internet for this.

It doesn't look like you're connected to the Internet. Check your connection and try again.

0x800704cf

I am aware of the answer bellow, but it does not work:

Redirecting

For example, Feedback Hub is marked as allowed but the same error is displayed when trying to use the app.

How do I create outbound rules for Windows Store apps in Windows Firewall?