GCESysprep failed when using on a non-English Windows

[jacky9813]

When trying to perform GCESysprep on an imported, non-English Windows, the following line will fail due to the firewall group display name is not Remote Desktop but its localized name, like 遠端桌面 in Chinese (Traditional) systems.

Set-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup 'Remote Desktop' -Enabled True

PowerShell is unable to find any matching rule, which caused GCESysprep to stop.

PowerShell Error

2026/06/17 11:02:43 GCESysprep: 找不到內容 'DisplayGroup' 等於 'Remote Desktop' 的 MSFT_NetFirewallRule 物件。請確認內容的值然後重試。 {Line: 289 :     Set-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup 'Remote Desktop' -Enabled True
, HResult: -2146233087, Script: C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Compute Engine\\sysprep\\sysprep.ps1}

The logs above can be translated as follow:

2026/06/17 11:02:43 GCESysprep: No MSFT_NetFirewallRule objects found with property 'DisplayGroup' equal to 'Remote Desktop''. Verify the value of the property and retry. {Line: 289 :     Set-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup 'Remote Desktop' -Enabled True
, HResult: -2146233087, Script: C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Compute Engine\\sysprep\\sysprep.ps1}

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Instead, it can use something like this:

Set-NetFirewallRule -Group '@FirewallAPI.dll,-28752' -Enabled True

The Group property is not localized and @FirewallAPI.dll,-28752 is for Remote Desktop Firewall Group.

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Alternatively, this also works:

Get-NetFirewallRule -Name 'RemoteDesktop-*' | Where-Object {$_.Name -notmatch '.*WSS?'} | Set-NetFirewallRule -Enabled True

The Name property is not localized and remained in English (for Remote Desktop rules at least).