How to Disable the Windows Firewall in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP

Steps on how to disable the firewall in any version of Windows

The Windows Firewall is designed to help keep unauthorized users from accessing files and resources on your computer. A firewall is a must-have if you’re concerned about your computer’s safety.

Unfortunately, the Windows Firewall is far from perfect and can sometimes cause more harm than good, especially if there’s another firewall program installed.

Don’t disable the Windows Firewall unless you have a good reason, but if you have another security program performing the same functions, feel free.

Time Required: Disabling the Windows Firewall is easy and usually takes less than 10 minutes

There are separate directions below for Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. See What Version of Windows Do I Have? if you’re not sure which steps to follow along with.

Disable the Firewall in Windows 10, 8, and 7

The steps for turning off the Windows Firewall in Windows 7 and newer versions of Windows is basically identical.

The screenshots in this section apply to Windows 10 only. Your screen will look slightly different if you’re using Windows 8 or Windows 7.

You can do this a number of ways, but the easiest method is to search for it in Windows 10 and 8, or select it from the Start menu in Windows 7.

Select System and Security.

That link is only visible if you have the «View by:» option set to «Category.» If you’re viewing the Control Panel applets in icon view, just skip down to the next step.

Choose Windows Firewall.

Depending on how your computer is set up, it might instead be called Windows Defender Firewall. If so, treat every instance of «Windows Firewall» below as if it read «Windows Defender Firewall.»

Select Turn Windows Firewall on or off on the left side of the screen.

A really quick way to get to this screen is via the control firewall.cpl command line command, which you can execute in Command Prompt or the Run dialog box.

Select the bubble next to Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended).

You can disable the Windows Firewall for private networks only, just for public networks, or for both. To disable it for both network types, you have to make sure to select Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) in both the private and the public section.

Select OK to save the changes.

Now that the firewall is disabled, repeat whatever steps caused your problem to see if disabling this option has fixed the issue.

Disable the Firewall in Windows Vista

The Windows Firewall can be turned off in Windows Vista through Control Panel, similar to how it’s done in other versions of Windows.

Select Control Panel from the Start menu.

Choose Security from the category list.

If you’re in the «Classic View» of Control Panel, just skip down to the next step.

Select Windows Firewall.

Choose Turn Windows Firewall on or off on the left side of the window.

If a User Account Control window pops up, go ahead and click/tap through it by either entering an admin password or selecting Continue.

If you need to access this window again more quickly in the future, you can use the control firewall.cpl command in the Run dialog box.

Open the General tab and select the bubble next to Off (not recommended).

Select OK to apply the changes.

Disable the Firewall in Windows XP

Directions for turning off the Windows XP firewall is significantly different than it is in newer versions of Windows, but it’s still fairly simple.

Go to Start and then Control Panel.

Select Network and Internet Connections.

If you’re viewing the «Classic View» of Control Panel, open Network Connections and skip to Step 4.

Choose Network Connections under the or pick a Control Panel icon section.

Right-click or tap-and-hold your network connection and choose Properties.

If you have a «high speed» internet connection like Cable or DSL, or are on a network of some kind, your network connection will likely be titled Local Area Connection.

Open the Advanced tab and select Settings.

Choose the Off (not recommended) radio button.

Windows Firewall settings can also be opened with a simple shortcut via the Run dialog box or Command Prompt. Just enter this command: control firewall.cpl.

Select OK in this window and then OK again in the Properties window of your network connection. You can also close the Network Connections window.

How to disable Firewall in Windows Server 2019/2016

Hello! The Firewall performs an essential security task on any version of Windows Server. In fact, it has the mission of preventing connections that could be attackers from accessing the server. In this way it avoids damage or loss of information. Additionally, the firewall allows you to manage the security of your computer by applying access and exit filters. Similarly, the use of rules allows or denies the traffic of information on the computer. However, for some administrative or support tasks it is necessary to deactivate it. Well, in this post we will see how to disable the firewall in Windows Server 2019/2016.

How to disable Windows Server 2019/ 2016 Firewall using PowerShell

A quick and safe way to disable the Windows Server Firewall. To do this from the Start menu, go to PowerShell.

Run a PowerShell

Then run the following command to enable the firewall:

Then to disable the Firewall in Windows 10 we will run the following:

The false parameter indicates that the firewall is disabled in private, public and domain environments. Now, to re-enable the firewall on Windows Server, simply run the following command:

How to disable Windows Server 2019/2016 Firewall using GPO

It is also possible to disable the Firewall via GPO. If you want to know more about Group Policy Object, check out our post. With this in mind, from the Server Dashboard tools, enter the group management.

Enter Windows Server Group Management

Once the editor is open, expand the domain and right click on Default Domain Policy and then on Edit.

Right click to edit the group policy.

Then follow the next path: Windows Settings>Administrative Templates>Network>Network Connections>Windows Defender Firewall. Next, select Domain Profile and then double-click on: Windows Defender Firewall: Protect all network connections.

Double-click to edit the rule.

A window with the rule values is immediately displayed. Please select the Disabled value to configure the Firewall in this way. Then press OK to set the changes.

Set the value to Disabled.

Now, please follow this path. Computer Settings>Windows Settings>Security Settings>Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security. On this last value, right click on the mouse and enter the Properties.

Enter the Firewall properties

Consequently, a window will be displayed with the behavior of the Firewall in the different environments. Please click on the tabs corresponding to the domain profile, public profile and private profile. In each of them you must set the Firewall status to Off. Press OK and restart the system to set the changes.

Disables the firewall in different Windows Server environments

We will now validate that the Firewall is indeed disabled. To do this, follow the next path. Control Panel>System and Security>Windows Defender Firewall. On the next screen you can see that the firewall is disabled in all environments.

Control panel with firewall disabled on all domains.

Conclusion

At the end of the day we have seen how to disable the Firewall in Windows Server 2019/2016. Also, we saw two ways to do it. That is, using PowerShell and also GPO. As you can see, it’s a simple and safe process to do. Bye!

Disable-Net Firewall Rule

Disables a firewall rule.

Syntax

Description

IMPORTANT NOTE: Running this cmdlet without parameters disables all Windows Firewall rules on the target computer. Always run this cmdlet with the WhatIf parameter if you are not targeting a specific Windows Firewall rule or group of rules.

The Disable-NetFirewallRule cmdlet disables a previously enabled firewall rule to be inactive within the computer or a group policy organizational unit. A Disabled rule will not actively modify system behavior, but the rule still exists on the computer or in a Group Policy Object (GPO) so it can be re-enabled. This is different from the Remove-NetFirewallRule cmdlet, which permanently removes the rule.

This cmdlet gets one or more firewall rules to be disabled with the Name parameter (default), the DisplayName parameter, rule properties, or by the associated filters or objects. The Enabled parameter value for the resulting queried rules is set to False.

Disabling IPsec and firewall rules can be useful for debugging firewall policy mismatch issues, but is easier when the rules are in the local, or persistent, store. Disabling rules in a GPO container will not take effect until the next time the client applies the GPO. To troubleshoot GPO-based firewall policy, consider copying all the rules and authorization and cryptographic sets from the GPO to a computer that does not have the GPO policy applied using the Copy-NetFirewallRule cmdlet. This is way to locally modify the policy, in order to troubleshoot any IPsec problems.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example disables a firewall rule given the localized name.

EXAMPLE 2

This example disables all of the File and Printer Sharing rules on the local computer. Use the universal and world-ready indirect string @FirewallAPI to specify the group.

EXAMPLE 3

This example disables all of the previously enabled outbound firewall rules in a specified GPO.

EXAMPLE 4

This example disables the dynamic firewall rules on the computer.

Parameters

Specifies that matching firewall rules of the indicated action are disabled. This parameter specifies the action to take on traffic that matches this rule. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Allow or Block.

• Allow: Network packets that match all of the criteria specified in this rule are permitted through the firewall. This is the default value.
• Block: Network packets that match all of the criteria specified in this rule are dropped by the firewall. The default value is Allow. The OverrideBlockRules field changes an allow rule into an allow bypass rule.

Type:	Action [ ]
Accepted values:	NotConfigured, Allow, Block
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Indicates that all of the firewall rules within the specified policy store are disabled.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Gets the firewall rules that are associated with the given address filter to be disabled. A NetFirewallAddressFilter object represents the address conditions associated with a rule. See the Get-NetFirewallAddressFilter cmdlet for more information.

Type:	CimInstance
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Gets the firewall rules that are associated with the given application filter to be disabled. A NetFirewallApplicationFilter object represents the applications associated with a rule. See the Get-NetFirewallApplicationFilter cmdlet for more information.

Type:	CimInstance
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Gets the firewall rules that are associated with the given interface filter to be disabled. A NetFirewallInterfaceFilter object represents the interface conditions associated with a rule. See the Get-NetFirewallInterfaceFilter cmdlet for more information.

Type:	CimInstance
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Gets the firewall rules that are associated with the given interface type filter to be disabled. A NetFirewallInterfaceTypeFilter object represents the interface conditions associated with a rule. See the Get-NetFirewallInterfaceTypeFilter cmdlet for more information.

Type:	CimInstance
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Gets the firewall rules that are associated with the given port filter to be disabled. A NetFirewallPortFilter object represents the port conditions associated with a rule. See the Get-NetFirewallPortFilter cmdlet for more information.

Type:	CimInstance
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Gets the firewall rules that are associated with the given firewall profile type to be disabled. A NetFirewallProfile object represents the profile conditions associated with a rule. See the Get-NetFirewallProfile cmdlet for more information.

Type:	CimInstance
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Gets the firewall rules that are associated with the given security filter to be disabled. A NetFirewallSecurityFilter object represents the security conditions associated with a rule. See the Get-NetFirewallSecurityFilter cmdlet for more information. The security conditions include the Authentication, Encryption, LocalUser, RemoteUser, and RemoteMachine parameters.

Type:	CimInstance
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Gets the firewall rules that are associated with the given service filter to be disabled. A NetFirewallServiceFilter object represents the profile conditions associated with a rule. See the Get-NetFirewallServiceFilter cmdlet for more information.

Type:	CimInstance
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.

Type:	CimSession [ ]
Aliases:	Session
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Aliases:	cf
Position:	Named
Default value:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that matching firewall rules of the indicated description are disabled. Wildcard characters are accepted. This parameter provides information about the firewall rule. This parameter specifies the localized, user-facing description of the IPsec rule.

Type:	String [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that matching firewall rules of the indicated direction are disabled. This parameter specifies which direction of traffic to match with this rule. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Inbound or Outbound. The default value is Inbound.

Type:	Direction [ ]
Accepted values:	Inbound, Outbound
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that only matching firewall rules of the indicated group association are disabled. Wildcard characters are accepted. The Group parameter specifies the source string for this parameter. If the value for this parameter is a localizable string, then the Group parameter contains an indirect string. Rule groups can be used to organize rules by influence and allows batch rule modifications. Using the Set-NetFirewallRule cmdlet, if the group name is specified for a set of rules or sets, then all of the rules or sets in that group receive the same set of modifications. It is a good practice to specify the Group parameter value with a universal and world-ready indirect @FirewallAPI name. This parameter cannot be specified upon object creation using the New-NetFirewallRule cmdlet, but can be modified using dot-notation and the Set-NetFirewallRule cmdlet.

Type:	String [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that only matching firewall rules of the indicated display name are disabled. Wildcard characters are accepted. Specifies the localized, user-facing name of the firewall rule being created. When creating a rule this parameter is required. This parameter value is locale-dependent. If the object is not modified, this parameter value may change in certain circumstances. When writing scripts in multi-lingual environments, the Name parameter should be used instead, where the default value is a randomly assigned value. This parameter cannot be set to All.

Type:	String [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that matching firewall rules of the indicated edge traversal policy are disabled. This parameter specifies how this firewall rule will handle edge traversal cases. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Block, Allow, DeferToUser, or DeferToApp

• Block: Prevents applications from receiving unsolicited traffic from the Internet through a NAT edge device.
• Allow: Allows applications to receive unsolicited traffic directly from the Internet through a NAT edge device.
• DeferToUser: Allows the user to decide whether to allow unsolicited traffic from the Internet through a NAT edge device when an application requests it.
• DeferToApp: Allows each application to determine whether to allow unsolicited traffic from the Internet through a NAT edge device. The default value is Block. The DeferToApp and DeferToUser options are only valid for computers running firstref_client_7, firstref_server_7, and Windows ServerВ® 2012.

Type:	EdgeTraversal [ ]
Accepted values:	Block, Allow, DeferToUser, DeferToApp
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that matching firewall rules of the indicated state are disabled. This parameter specifies that the rule object is administratively enabled or administratively disabled. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

• True: Specifies the rule is currently enabled.
• False: Specifies the rule is currently disabled. A disabled rule will not actively modify system behavior, but the management construct still exists on the computer so it can be re-enabled.

Type:	Enabled [ ]
Accepted values:	True, False
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies the network GPO from which to retrieve the rules to be disabled. This parameter is used in the same way as the PolicyStore parameter. When modifying GPOs in Windows PowerShellВ®, each change to a GPO requires the entire GPO to be loaded, modified, and saved back. On a busy Domain Controller (DC), this can be a slow and resource-heavy operation. A GPO Session loads a domain GPO onto the local computer and makes all changes in a batch, before saving it back. This reduces the load on the DC and speeds up the Windows PowerShell cmdlets. To load a GPO Session, use the Open-NetGPO cmdlet. To save a GPO Session, use the Save-NetGPO cmdlet.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that only matching firewall rules of the indicated group association are disabled. Wildcard characters are accepted. This parameter specifies the source string for the DisplayGroup parameter. If the DisplayGroup parameter value is a localizable string, then this parameter contains an indirect string. Rule groups can be used to organize rules by influence and allows batch rule modifications. Using the Set-NetFirewallRule cmdlets, if the group name is specified for a set of rules or sets, then all of the rules or sets in that group receive the same set of modifications. It is good practice to specify this parameter value with a universal and world-ready indirect @FirewallAPI name. The DisplayGroup parameter cannot be specified upon object creation using the New-NetFirewallRule cmdlet, but can be modified using dot-notation and the Set-NetFirewallRule cmdlet.

Type:	String [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies the input object that is used in a pipeline command.

Type:	CimInstance [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Indicates that matching firewall rules of the indicated value are disabled. This parameter specifies the firewall rules for local only mapping, which describes whether a packet must pass through a local address on the way to the destination. Non-TCP traffic is session-less. Windows Firewall authorizes traffic per session, not per packet, for performance reasons. Generally, non-TCP sessions are inferred by checking the following fields: local address, remote address, protocol, local port, and remote port. If this parameter is set to True, then the remote address and port will be ignored when inferring remote sessions. Sessions will be grouped based on local address, protocol, and local port. This is similar to the LooseSourceMapping parameter, but performs better in cases where the traffic does not need to be filtered by remote address. This could improve performance on heavy server workloads where UDP requests come from dynamic client ports. For instance, Teredo relay servers.

Type:	Boolean [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Indicates that matching firewall rules of the indicated value are disabled. This parameter specifies the firewall rules for loose source mapping, which describes whether a packet can have a non-local source address when being forwarded to a destination. If this parameter is set to True, then the rule accepts packets incoming from a host other than the one the packets were sent to. This parameter applies only to UDP protocol traffic. The default value is False.

Type:	Boolean [ ]
Aliases:	LSM
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that only matching firewall rules of the indicated name are disabled. Wildcard characters are accepted. This parameter acts just like a filename, in that only one rule with a given name may exist in a policy store at a time. During group policy processing and policy merge, rules that have the same name but come from multiple stores being merged, will overwrite one another so that only one exists. This overwriting behavior is desirable if the rules serve the same purpose. For instance, all of the firewall rules have specific names, so if an administrator can copy these rules to a GPO, and the rules will override the local versions on a local computer. GPOs can have precedence. So if an administrator has a different or more specific rule with the same name in a higher-precedence GPO, then it overrides other rules that exist. The default value is a randomly assigned value. When the defaults for main mode encryption need to overridden, specify the customized parameters and set this parameter, making it the new default setting for encryption.

Type:	String [ ]
Aliases:	ID
Position:	0
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that matching firewall rules of the indicated owner are disabled. This parameter specifies the owner of the firewall rule, represented as an SDDL string. All Windows Store applications that require network traffic create network isolation rules (normally through installing via the Store), where the user that installed the application is the owner. This parameter specifies that only network packets that are authenticated as coming from or going to an owner identified in the list of accounts (SID) match this rule.

Type:	String [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies the policy store from which to retrieve the rules to be disabled . A policy store is a container for firewall and IPsec policy. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

• PersistentStore: Sometimes called static rules, this store contains the persistent policy for the local computer. This policy is not from GPOs, and has been created manually or programmatically (during application installation) on the computer. Rules created in this store are attached to the ActiveStore and activated on the system immediately.
• ActiveStore: This store contains the currently active policy, which is the sum of all policy stores that apply to the computer. This is the resultant set of policy (RSOP) for the local computer (the sum of all GPOs that apply to the computer), and the local stores (the PersistentStore, the static Windows service hardening (WSH), and the configurable WSH). —- GPOs are also policy stores. Computer GPOs can be specified as follows. —— -PolicyStore hostnamehostname . —- Active Directory GPOs can be specified as follows. —— -PolicyStore domain.fqdn.com\GPO_Friendly_Namedomain.fqdn.comGPO_Friendly_Name . —— Such as the following. ——— -PolicyStore localhost ——— -PolicyStore corp.contoso.com\FirewallPolicy —- Active Directory GPOs can be created using the New-GPO cmdlet or the Group Policy Management Console.
• RSOP: This read-only store contains the sum of all GPOs applied to the local computer.
• SystemDefaults: This read-only store contains the default state of firewall rules that ship with Windows ServerВ® 2012.
• StaticServiceStore: This read-only store contains all the service restrictions that ship with Windows. Optional and product-dependent features are considered part of Windows Server 2012 for the purposes of WFAS.
• ConfigurableServiceStore: This read-write store contains all the service restrictions that are added for third-party services. In addition, network isolation rules that are created for Windows Store application containers will appear in this policy store.

The default value is PersistentStore. The Set-NetFirewallRule cmdlet cannot be used to add an object to a policy store. An object can only be added to a policy store at creation time with this cmdlet or the New-NetFirewallRule cmdlet.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that firewall rules matching the indicated policy store source are disabled. This parameter contains a path to the policy store where the rule originated if the object is retrieved from the ActiveStore with the TracePolicyStoreSource option set. This parameter value is automatically generated and should not be modified. The monitoring output from this parameter is not completely compatible with the PolicyStore parameter. This parameter value cannot always be passed into the PolicyStore parameter. Domain GPOs are one example in which this parameter contains only the GPO name, not the domain name.

Type:	String [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that firewall rules that match the indicated policy store source type are disabled. This parameter describes the type of policy store where the rule originated if the object is retrieved from the ActiveStore with the TracePolicyStoreSource option set. This parameter value is automatically generated and should not be modified. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

• Local: The object originates from the local store.
• GroupPolicy: The object originates from a GPO.
• Dynamic: The object originates from the local runtime state. This policy store name is not valid for use in cmdlets, but may appear when monitoring active policy.
• Generated: The object was generated automatically. This policy store name is not valid for use in cmdlets, but may appear when monitoring active policy.
• Hardcoded: The object was hard-coded. This policy store name is not valid for use in cmdlets, but may appear when monitoring active policy.

Type:	PolicyStoreType [ ]
Accepted values:	None, Local, GroupPolicy, Dynamic, Generated, Hardcoded
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that firewall rules that match the indicated primary status are disabled. This parameter specifies the overall status of the rule.

• OK: Specifies that the rule will work as specified.
• Degraded: Specifies that one or more parts of the rule will not be enforced.
• Error: Specifies that the computer is unable to use the rule at all.

See the Status and StatusCode fields of the object for more detailed status information.

Type:	PrimaryStatus [ ]
Accepted values:	Unknown, OK, Inactive, Error
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies that firewall rules that match the indicated status are disabled. This parameter describes the status message for the specified status code value. The status code is a numerical value that indicates any syntax, parsing, or runtime errors in the rule or set. This parameter value should not be modified.

Type:	String [ ]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShellВ® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Indicates that the firewall rules that match the indicated policy store are disabled. This parameter specifies that the name of the source GPO is set to the PolicyStoreSource parameter value.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.