Windows Defender Firewall: Allow inbound Remote Desktop exceptions: registry value Enabled and 1 more (DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop)ComputerHKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop

Policy ID: WF_RemoteDesktop_Name_1
Scope: Computer Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows XP Professional with SP2
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Network › Network Connections › Windows Defender Firewall › Domain Profile

Registry

Enabled

REG_DWORDComputer

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop Current key

Enabled value: 1
Disabled value: 0

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.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
; Disabled
"Enabled"=dword:00000000

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop' -Name 'Enabled' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop' -Name 'Enabled' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null

RemoteAddresses

REG_SZComputer

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Allow unsolicited incoming messages from these IP addresses:
Value type: REG_SZ

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.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop]

; Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data
"RemoteAddresses"="<enter value>"

CMD

:: Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop" /v "RemoteAddresses" /t REG_SZ /d "<enter value>" /f

PowerShell

# Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data

New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Services\RemoteDesktop' -Name 'RemoteAddresses' -PropertyType String -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null