rn='"Zoo TCP Port 80"' dr="in" an="allow" pl="TCP" prt="80" import ctypes import subprocess import os class disable_file_system_redirection: _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection def __enter__(self): self.old_value = ctypes.c_long() self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value)) def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): if self.success: self._revert(self.old_value) def firewall(): with disable_file_system_redirection(): frwl='netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name='+rn+' '+'dir='+dr+' '+'action='+an+' '+'protocol='+pl+' '+'localport='+prt frwlusr=os.popen(frwl).read() print frwlusr print 'Opening a Windows Firewall Port' firewall()