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Frpx
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Dropbox Installer remove Windows Defender Firewall rule

I'm using Windows Defender Firewall and it blocks sends that don't match the rules. I created a rule to allow the Dropbox process, but every time I update Dropbox this rule is removed. If this rule...
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Frpx
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Hi @Jay, Reproduce with these steps.

1) There is a rule called "Dropbox" in the outbound of Windows Defender Firewall.
2) The rule allows the process 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Client\Dropbox.exe'.
3) Install/Update the Dropbox desktop application with administrator privileges.
The rule will be removed with these steps.

Windows 11 23H2
DropboxClient_197.4.7571.x64.exe

Thank you.

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Jay
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2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback on this matter. 
 
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