How to set an application in exceptions in firewall

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Hello Guys ,
This is regarding firewall exceptions list , I have an application which during installtion I want it to add in the list of exceptions in the windows firewall list and that too in public mode .How can I achieve that ?
This is how we add the application in exceptions list during installation .
This is a script in InstallShield Wizard
if(AskYesNo(szFireWallException, YES) = YES)
then
szAppPath = TARGETDIR ^ "\\Exception.exe";
LaunchAppAndWait(szAppPath, "ABC.exe ABC", WAIT);
DeleteFile(szAppPath);
endif;
But this script does not add the program in the public mode .

Thanks

Posted 13-Dec-13 18:15pm

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Antonio Garcia · Answer 1 · 2014-02-08T10:01:00

INetFwRule firewallRule =  ( INetFwRule ) Activator . CreateInstance ( Type . GetTypeFromProgID ( "HNetCfg.FWRule" )); 
        firewallRule . Action  = NET_FW_ACTION_ . NET_FW_ACTION_ALLOW ; 
        firewallRule . Description  =  "Allow notepad" ; 
        firewallRule . ApplicationName  =  @"C:\Windows\notepad.exe" ; 
        firewallRule . Enabled  =  true ; 
        firewallRule . InterfaceTypes  =  "All" ; 
        firewallRule . Name  =  "Notepad" ;

        INetFwPolicy2 firewallPolicy =  ( INetFwPolicy2 ) Activator . CreateInstance ( 
            Type . GetTypeFromProgID ( "HNetCfg.FwPolicy2" )); 
        firewallPolicy . Rules . Add ( firewallRule );