Creating Firewall rules for windows apps

Question

Hey everyone, I am trying to find a solution to this issue I have been having for the last 2 weeks. I recently got a new internet line coming to my remote location and the bandwidth I get on this connection is less than 1mbps. I only got this connection to do some gaming as my other connection drops out due to the way it is setup. So I only got my connection to play Gears of War 4 on PC with somewhat stable ping. The issue I have with this is that every time I play there is something running in the background that uses the bandwidth it is either searchui.exe or gamebarpresencewriter.exe that uses up the bandwidth and causes ping spikes. Can someone please let me know how I can make a rule in the firewall settings to block these 2 apps from using the internet?

Or can someone tell me how I can have just have gears of war 4 and xbox app using the bandwidth and block all other connections? I tried blocking all connections before but when it came to making the rule for gearsgame.exe and xboxapp.exe the permissions were blocked. Even after allowing the permissions it still won't let me do it? Would be great if someone can help with this please. Thanks

Answer 1

I am not trying to make the rule for ports though? I am trying to make rules for certain programs. Please read my initial post.

Answer 2

Hello I am a fellow community member here to help. I know this is frustrating.

Have you reviewed the following guides for help with setting this up?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/securi...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/securi...