{"id":4034,"date":"2026-06-08T18:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&p=4034"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:02:28","slug":"withsecure-product-for-windows-whitelisting-application-with-target-file-name-used-in-application-control-rule-does-not-work","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/withsecure-product-for-windows-whitelisting-application-with-target-file-name-used-in-application-control-rule-does-not-work\/","title":{"rendered":"WithSecure product for Windows – Whitelisting application with “Target file name” used in Application Control rule does not work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

An application executable is blocked once I enabled the Application Control to block rare and unknown applications. I am working on creating a rule to whitelist the application executable.<\/p>\n

However, whitelisting application with "Target file name" used in Application Control rule does not work.<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

"Target file name" used in the condition for an Application Control rule is not referring to the file name in the target path showing up in Application Control alert.<\/p>\n

It is used for the "Original filename" for the application executable. To find out this, you need to do the following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Right click on the application executable, and select "Properties".<\/li>\n
  2. Switch to "Details".<\/li>\n
  3. Look into "Original filename".<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Alternatively, you can use the condition "Target path" together with the file path for the target application executable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    An application executable is blocked once I enabled the Application Control to block rare and unknown applications. I am working on creating a rule to whitelist the application executable.<\/p>\n

    However, whitelisting application with “Target file name” in Application Control rule does not work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[104],"class_list":["post-4034","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005606","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 15:02:28","import_hash":"b1170312439fd6b9a1011aedd5ed215ccbebe3d2","vanilla_article_id":29350,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/29350-withsecure-product-for-windows-whitelisting-application-with-target-file-name-used-in-application-control-rule-does-not-work","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":106,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}