Please add an FAQ entry for Windows Firewall Exception

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Hello, please consider adding an FAQ entry for Windows Firewall.

Syncthing was working more or less ok for me up until about a week ago, when Windows Firewall decided to start blocking Syncthing for some reason. I spent about 45 minutes today troubleshooting why Syncthing wasn’t working to end up there, finally.

I suggest adding an FAQ entry for: “Why does Syncthing show all my devices are disconnected?” Where the answer is to add an exception for the Syncthing exe to Windows Firewall:

  1. Ctrl + escape; type “firewall”
  2. Click “Windows Defender Firewall”
  3. In the upper left, click “Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall”
  4. In the upper right, click “Change settings”
  5. At the bottom, click “Allow another app…”
  6. Click “Browse”
  7. Navigate to where the Syncthing exe is on your computer, select it, click “open”
  8. Click “Network types…” in the bottom left
  9. Check “Private: Networks…”, click “Ok”
  10. Click “Add”