Fire up Registry Editor and then head to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies You’ll again need to log on to Windows using user account you want to change. Restricting users to running only certain apps in the Registry follows almost exactly the same procedure as blocking specific apps. Block Only Certain Apps Through the Registry Or you could just go back and change the value of the DisallowRun value you created from 1 back to 0, effectively turning off app blocking while leaving the list of apps in place should you want to turn it on again in the future. If you want to restore access to all apps, you can either delete the whole Explorer key you created–along with DisallowRun subkey and all the values. If you want to edit the list of blocked apps, just return to the DisallowRun key and make the changes you want. RELATED: Learning to Use the Registry Editor Like a Pro And definitely back up the Registry (and your computer!) before making changes. That said, if you’ve never worked with it before, consider reading about how to use the Registry Editor before you get started. This is a pretty simple hack and as long as you stick to the instructions, you shouldn’t have any problems. Standard warning: Registry Editor is a powerful tool and misusing it can render your system unstable or even inoperable. If you have multiple users for which you want to changes for, you’ll have to repeat the process for each user. The trick here is that you’ll want to log on as the user you want to make changes for, and then edit the Registry while logged onto their account. To block or restrict apps in the Home edition of Windows, you’ll need to dive into the Windows Registry to make some edits. Home Users: Block or Restrict Apps by Editing the Registry For this reason, we also highly recommend creating a restore point before making any of the changes here. From there, you can find the setting for running System Restore after a restart, since you won’t be able to run System Restore the normal way. If you do accidentally apply restrictions to your administrative account, the only way we’ve found to reverse the changes is to run System Restore by going to Settings > Update
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