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How to automate adding a service to Firewall on XP (ICF)

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I have a software application that needs to serve on a port,
but this is blocked by default on a Windows XP that has the
firewall activated.  I know how to manually change the firewall,
but I need to make the standard installation of my application
very easy. Thus I don't want to have to give users a lengthy set
of instructions on how to add a service to the advanced
settings within the configuration of their network adaptor.

Is there any way to automate the adding of such Firewall
services so I can easily make this configuration part
of my application's installation?

Is there any way of clearly detecting that the firewall is
active so that I know when I need to run such a script?
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