@echo off setlocal set netsh=%SystemRoot%\system32\netsh.exe if exist %SystemRoot%\SysNative\*.exe set netsh=%SystemRoot%\SysNative\netsh.exe REM --- This script enables only select rules necessary to use Remote Service Management. REM Note that this might not work on all Windows versions (especially Server editions) REM because the script changes the rules in specific Firewall profiles, and some REM Windows versions may use different profiles for the same Windows Firewall rules. REM --- 29503 = Remote Service Management (RPC) REM --- 29507 = Remote Service Management (NP-In) set "rules=29503 29507" for %%R IN (%rules%) DO ( for %%P IN (private "private,public") DO ( "%netsh%" advfirewall firewall set rule name="@FirewallAPI.dll,-%%~R" dir=in profile="%%~P" new enable=yes ) ) endlocal pause