Windows 10: Unable to turn on windows firewall

My Windows firewall kept freezing my PC every time I downloaded a file and after a lot of trouble I managed to turn it off permanently because it kept turning on by itself. However, I'm no longer able to turn it back on.




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Virus and malware

unable to remove exclusions on windows defender and firewall turns frequently

 

Unable to turn ON Windows Firewall, returns error code 0x800706d9

Hi,





Based on the details you have provided, do you have another anti-virus software? It is possible that your Firewall
were blocked by your anti-virus software, causing the issue to occur. You can try to turn off your anti-virus software and turn on your Firewall. If the issue as no progress, turn on your anti-virus again and perform a
clean boot.
It is also possible that the applications running on your computer's background were causing the issue to occur.



Note:
Reset the computer back to
Normal Mode
once you are done with the troubleshooting by following the section
"How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting"
from the same article



Let us know how it goes.



Regards.

 

CreativeSelf,

Welcome to TenForums!

Try restoring the firewall settings by right-clicking the white Windows icon on the left of the TaskBar, and selecting: Command Prompt (Admin)


At the elevated command prompt, type the following and press Enter:


Code: netsh advfirewall reset[/quote]
The command restores the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security policy to the default policy, returns all Group Policy settings to Not Configured, and deletes all connection security and firewall rules.

 

Unfortunately that command only works, when Windows Firewall is running.

It seems, that your firewall is disabled by policy. What kind of security do you use?

You can try this, run CMD as admin and copy/paste:

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall" /f