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skupjoe opened this issue Jul 14, 2023 · 1 comment
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skupjoe commented Jul 14, 2023

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  • I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request.
  • I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.
  • This issue only contains a request for one single feature, not multiple (related) features.

App version

3.6.7

Problem you are trying to solve

I am experiencing repeated pop-ups for exe's that launch under different temp/version paths, particularly after software updates.

C:\users\<user>\appdata\local\authy\app-2.3.0\authy desktop.exe
C:\programdata\logioptionsplus\depots\187151\logioptionsplus\logioptionsplus_updater.exe
C:\users\<user>\appdata\local\microsoft\onedrive\23.127.0618.0001\microsoft.sharepoint.exe
  1. Deny-all policy is in-turn causing software to fail connections until I am available to respond to notifications.
  2. Also causing clutter in programs list, with old software being highlighted in red as missing.
  3. Interrupts my work & creates "bing" noise from my speakers more than I would like...and this makes me less attentive to "real" concerns.

Suggested solution

Please add support for wildcards in program paths.

C:\users\<user>\appdata\local\authy\app-*\authy desktop.exe
C:\programdata\logioptionsplus\depots\*\logioptionsplus\logioptionsplus_updater.exe
C:\users\<user>\appdata\local\microsoft\onedrive\*\microsoft.sharepoint.exe

Or support just using the filename without defining the fully declared path:

authy desktop.exe
logioptionsplus_updater.exe
microsoft.sharepoint.exe

(User should accept responsibility of this being less secure.)

Last remarks/pleading

  1. I know it's been said in other issues that this won't be supported..but please reconsider.
  2. I am noticing that this is becoming a more common type of deployment model for software like vscode, onedrive, etc to change paths between updates. So please reconsider.
  3. This is also supported in OSX's LuLu firewall which I use and works well.
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skupjoe commented Jul 14, 2023

Overall I really appreciate your software and it is amazing.

Thank you for your hard work, and I do hope you will leave this FR open for further thought/planning at a future date.

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