Peter Jason wrote:

I have Win7 Sp1

Normally I block Internet access by using the Firewall:

Control Panel/Windows Firewall/Advanced
Settings/Inbound[orOutbound]/NewRule/Wizard-Program/ This program path
etc.

My question is: how can I block ALL the programs in a particular folder
(*.exe) or, for that matter all the contents of a folder without having
to go thru them one-by-one?

At the moment, I have to enter them all individually, both for incoming
& outgoing; and it's tedious.

How often do you actually have multiple EXEs in the same folder? It seems
to me that would be a rare occurrence as programs tend to use separate
folders and sub-folders all to themselves - which is the prudent way to
construct your drive. Please don't say you actually choose to install
more than one to a folder...