function Get-NetshExcludedPortRanges {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Get the existing port ranges and parse them into actionable items
#>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([object[]])]
    param (
    )

    $ranges = @()

    $existingExcludedPortRanges = (netsh int ipv4 show excludedportrange protocol=tcp)

    foreach($existingRange in $existingExcludedPortRanges) {
        $cleanedRange = $existingRange.Replace('Protocol tcp Port Exclusion Ranges','').Replace('* - Administered port exclusions.','').Replace('Start Port','').Replace('End Port','').Replace('--','').Trim()
        if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($cleanedRange)) {
            continue
        }
        $splits = $cleanedRange -split '\s+'
        if ($splits.Length -gt 1) {
            $rangeStart = [int]$splits[0]
            $rangeEnd = [int]$splits[1]
            $ranges += @{ Start = $rangeStart; End = $rangeEnd;}
        }
    }
    return $ranges
}