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The thread discusses how to create a firewall rule on Windows for a program stored on an external drive, which becomes inactive when the drive is disconnected. The original poster seeks a solution to make the rule persistent even without the drive being connected, specifically for running applications like Sylpheed and Viber from a TrueCrypt container. A respondent suggests relocating the program to a permanent drive or configuring rules based on other criteria; the original poster is seeking further advice or alternative solutions for their specific use case.
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Hi :)

How to set firewall rule for a program on external drive for example Z:\Programs\SomeProgram\program.exe. How to prevent moving this rule to inactives when I disconnect the drive? Every time I have to dissable and enable rule to make it active. How to set this rule permanent even there is no drive Z.
 

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You'll have to move the program to a permanent drive or build the rule off something else like destination/source and/or specific protocols etc
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You'll have to move the program to a permanent drive or build the rule off something else like destination/source and/or specific protocols etc
 

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Tnx.
Maybe you guys give me advice or better workaround idea. I would like to run only Sylpheed and Viber from TrueCrypt container mounted as Z:\
Sylpheed seems easy POP3 SMTP but Viber hmm :rolleyes:
 

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