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Show Windows Firewall rules for an application in cli

Say, in Windows Firewall GUI I have this - four rules for nc.exe (netcat), two for private networks (one TCP, one UDP), and two for public networks (one TCP, one UDP): How can I dump these four rules,...
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Windows command line - disable all outgoing traffic

I want to be able to disable all outgoing traffic but not incoming traffic - something like netsh interface set interface "Ethernet" disable but only for outgoing traffic. How do I do that ...
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How can I create Firewall rules for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps?

Let's say I want to create a firewall rule for a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app (Ex: Microsoft News, Netflix, etc.). How can I do that? (Command prompt / Powershell / Windows Defender Firewall ...
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CMD Prompt: Allow/Block a SERVICE in Windows Firewall... how to?

Does anyone know the Command Prompt syntax to Allow/Block a Windows Service in Windows Firewall? Research hasn't turned up a certain answer, even from Microsoft's official site. Specifying services ...
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Enable Remote Desktop in Windows Firewall from command line

note: #command-line tag do not imply batch-file-only, I will accept a PowerShell script or any freely available utility, which can be started from command line and finish its work unattended. tl;dr ...
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Viewing Windows Firewall settings from the command line and a GUI

Is it possible to view Windows firewall settings from the command line? In addition how can I check the advanced Windows Firewall settings in a GUI?
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How do I assign Windows Firewall profiles to network interfaces from the command line?

I would like to assign Windows Firewall's public profile to the public Ethernet interface and the private profile to the private Ethernet interface. I can do this with the GUI via Open Windows ...
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