Windows Firewall Control 6.33.0.0

Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall. Also it provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall.

It runs in the system tray and allows user to control the native firewall easily. Without having to waste time by navigating to the specific part of the firewall.

It is free to use. Registered users will get the advantage of learning mode which provides notifications for outgoing blocked connections.

Windows Firewall Control doesn’t filter any packets and does not block or allow any connection. It offers four filtering modes. You can switch them with just a mouse click:

Low Filtering. Outgoing connections that do not match a rule are allowed. You can block the programs you do not want to initiate outgoing connections.
Medium Filtering. Outgoing connections that do not match a rule are blocked. Only programs you allow can initiate outgoing connections.
High Filtering. All outgoing connections are blocked. This setting blocks all attempts to connect to and from your computer.
No Filtering. Windows Firewall is turned off. Avoid using this setting unless you have another firewall running on your computer.

Windows Firewall Control Features:

• Notifications of outbound blocked connections.
• Learning mode that automatically allows digitally signed programs.
• Intuitive user interface which is easy accessible through a system tray icon.
• Full support with standard user accounts. Elevated privileges required only at installation.
• Disable the ability of other programs to tamper Windows Firewall rules and state.
• Integrated support of creating, modifying and deleting Window Firewall rules.
• Multiple and easier ways of creating new rules in Windows Firewall.
• Lock feature which can disable the access to the settings of the program and Windows Firewall.
• Shell integration into the right click context menu of the executable files.
• Automatically display invalid rules for programs that do not exist any more.
• Possibility to find and display duplicate firewall rules.
• Merge multiple similar rules or duplicate existing ones.
• View recently allowed and blocked connections and create new rules from the Security log.
• Import and export of partial sets of rules.
• Protection to unauthorized uninstallation.
• Possibility to restore previous settings at uninstallation.
• Supports global hot keys and various shortcut keys.
• And many, many more.

Registered Users Features:

• Learning Mode which provides notifications for blocked outgoing connections.
• Search for executable files in a user defined folder and create new rules for the selected ones from the result list.

Changes in Windows Firewall Control 6.33.0.0 (2026-09-13):

• New: Added support for wildcards in notifications exceptions, including support for editing and converting existing notifications exceptions.
• New: When creating a new rule, the source of creation and the timestamp is now added in the Description property of a rule.
• New: Added support for creating and editing firewall rules for application packages.
• New: Two new columns ‘Local user owner’ and ‘Application package’ are now available in Rules Panel which replace the ‘Extended properties’ column.
• Improved: Display with red text color the Connections Log entries for connections for which the files do not exist anymore on disk.
• Improved: The default WFC recommended rules for inbound on ICMPv4 and ICMPv6 protocols are now defined for LocalSubnet.
• Improved: Automatically trim empty spaces from remote/local ports and addresses.
• Fixed: After importing user settings, the application does not restart anymore.
• Fixed: Internal list of defined hot keys doubles its size on each Main Panel closing.
• Fixed: Fixed thread-pool starvation that never self-heals over the service’s uptime.
• Fixed: Fixed race conditions which may happen in specific edge cases in service code.
• Fixed: Rules Panel and Connections Log windows fail to open if stored columns order or
  size is invalid.

Changes in Windows Firewall Control 6.32.0.0 (2026-05-01):

• New: Secure Access checkbox was added inside the Security tab. This allows toggling the requirement of elevation of the system tray process. Keep it enabled for improved security, write access requires elevation like in recent WFC versions. Keep it disabled for convenience, like it was in older WFC versions. Make a choice based on your own security vs. convenience needs.
• Fixed: Uppercase notifications exceptions are not processed if Notifications mode is set to Disabled.
• Fixed: When restarting wfcUI.exe, previous opened windows are not restored.
• Fixed: Sometimes, the update process does not preserve the notifications exceptions list.

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System Requirements

• Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.8.
• Compatible with all x86 and x64 versions of Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Server 2025, 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012.
• Windows Firewall service is required to be enabled for Windows Firewall Control to run.
• DNS Client service is required to be enabled for the notifications to work properly.

Size: 3.43  MB

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