How to block Spotify with Windows Firewall?

Question

How can I block Spotify from accessing the internet with my Windows Firewall? (I use Windows 8. It has the same design as Windows 7.)

I've tried adding an outbound rule to block %APPDATA%\Roaming\Spotify\spotify.exe. I've tried blocking the helper file in the same dir. I've also tried disabling the inbound rules that were allowing Spotify...

Answer 1

To solve this, you need one of two options:

• Use %APPDATA%\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe OR
• Use C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe

As well, you might want to block the SpotifyWebHelper.exe application for incoming traffic which might be also used for P2P.