If you have installed in your system Windows SOME programmer that you do not want other computer users to run, you will most likely want to Blocked access the respective users to them. In order to block access to a program installed in Windows You have more methods at hand, the simplest of them being to change the location of the installation director his and then his Hide the location respectiva (in mod default, installation location of one Applications is in Program Files, where any user who knows how to look for hidden files can find it). You can also use various Third-Party applications that can block the run of those programs such as Simple Run Blocker. But if you do not want to depend on other applications to block the running of a program in Windows, and do not trust that changing its location will work, you can block access to the respective program directly from system Following the instructions below.
How do we block access to a program installed in Windows directly from the system?
- open Registry Editor (taste regedit in Run And give Enter)
- then browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer
- sub Explorer, on the right side, create the dword entrance DisallowRun to which you will give the value 1
- Then click-right on the Key Explorer (to the left) and create the subkey DisallowRun (Select New > Key)
- sub DisallowRun, on the right side, create String entrances for each program to which you want to Blocked access to the other users (eg, VLC Player), to whom you will change the value in exact NAMEs The respective programs, including extension to them (eg, vlc.exe). To view the correct name of a program installed in Windows, click-right click on Shortcut icon its and select Properties, then check the line Target (You can also find out The correct name of the program FROM installation location his)
After you make the necessary changes in registers in order to block the running of the programs to which you do not want to have access to other computer users, Close Registry Editor And give Restart the system for the respective changes to have an effect. After Restart you will notice that if you try to run one of the programs you have blocked access, the next one will be displayed error message:
Succes!
Notes: If you want to be able to run a program again to which you have blocked access using the above method, simply delete the string entry and restart your computer. Before making any changes in system registers make a backup of them or create a Restore Point to avoid any unpleasant consequences (for example, defective operation or programs installed on it).
STEALTH SETTINGS – How to block any program installed in Windows from running without using third-party apps
