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Enable UWF via WMI

I am writing a program that needs to enable UWF. Unfortunately, I have no experience with the WMI interface and the UWF documentation has no C# or .NET examples. When I enable UWF, I get an exception: 'Invalid method Parameters(s)'. But, according…
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UWF_Volumes has no entries with CurrentSession=False

since some time now I try to figure out how to correctly setup this new UWF (Unified Write Filter). Unfortunately it seems there is only documentation for Win 8.1 industry (here), not for Win 10. I hope there were no relevant changes since. I also…
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How to get registry and file exclusions from UWF using WMI query in C#

I want to get all registry exclusion and file exclusion from UWF, using the WMI. I've already tried to invoke GetExclusions methods from UWF_RegistryFilter class but of no luck. I am looking forward to a working sample code, thanks in advance for…
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UWF: get CurrentEnabled value via VBS

I'm trying to create a simple vbs script to get UWF status: Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\StandardCimv2\embedded:UWF_Filter") WScript.Echo objWMIService.CurrentEnabled The output is null even if I run it as administrator.
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Some WMI calls to Unified Write Filter (UWF) return Access Denied errors

I am currently working on a C++ application which uses the integrated write filter(UWF) of Windows 10 IoT. I am using Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 1809 Build 17763.107 Now I face the following problem: Some WMI calls return with a "0x80041003 -…
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How to control the UWF Unified Write Filter Access from a C# Application?

I have a PC with Windows IOT Enterprise and would like to control (turn on or off and set exclusions) the UWF from my C# application. I tried to access the uwfmgr.exe with System.Diagnostics.Process. I tried two approaches and they differ in the…
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Wifi Configuration won't save on a Windows 10 Enterprise PC having UWF filter enabled

I have a machine running on Windows 10 Enterprise edition. The OS has UWF writer protection ON. The network configuration has been applied as per the Microsoft document hosted on the following URL. Common Write Filter Exclusions The issue that I am…
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UWF uwfmgr.exe doesn't do anything

Bear with me please, since I don't know that much about Windows – I'm trying to set up UWF (Unified Writing Filter) here on my mac through a Parallels installation of Windows 10. I found out how to enable UWF through the Control Pane, which I did. I…
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Querying UWF through WMI C++ gives wrong values

I'm trying to read UWF status through the WMI provider in my C++ application, but it doesn't seem to give me correct values. (Everything is false/zero.) When I go through the same interface in PowerShell, it works. Just not sure what I'm doing wrong…
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How to get OverlayFlags and OverlayCommit of Unified Write Filter with WMI-to-CSP Bridge?

OS is Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 21H2 with all necessary updates. Accorting this article i can get values of OverlayFlags and OverlayCommit from CSP. Scheme of CSP is here. According this capter i can use WMI-to-CSP Bridge to cponfigure settings with…
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Recommended Exclusions of UWF for Windows Hello Fingerprint AUTH to work?

Support I try to setup Windows Hello Fingerprint AUTH on a Win10 with UWF enabled. Where is the Fingerprint data is stored and what is the recommended exclusions for Fingerprint AUTH to work with…
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WMI: Querying a specific instance of a class

I want to make changes to the config of Microsoft Windows UWF Filter (uwfmgr.exe) via WMI in C#. Now certain changes can only be done to a specific instance of the WMI class due to their nature. For example: var scope = new…
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How to get Windows UWF available space in C#

I'd like to run the following shell command in a C# program: uwfmgr overlay get-availablespace One simple solution would be call a cmd process like this: var ps = new ProcessStartInfo("cmd") { RedirectStandardError = true, …
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How to know if UWF is enabled or disabled

How do I know if the UWF is enabled or disabled? I'm making an application with C # so I need to know for that language. Thank you
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ERROR: problem running iptables: iptables v1.8.8 (legacy): can't initialize iptables table `filter': Permission denied

I tried to install the LAMP stack on debian which I installed on termux in my android, and I be getting error when I typed in "sudo ufw status", at first it said to upgrade kernel or update iptables version which I did, now it saying that, I don't…
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