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Restrict Users from Running Specific Applications (Windows 2000/Me/XP)
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Posted by: microsoftne

This setting allows you to specify applications and filenames that users are restricted from running.

Open your registry and find the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion \Policies\Explorer]
Create a new DWORD value and name it "DisallowRun" set the value to "1" to enable application restrictions or "0" to allow all applications to run.

Then create a new sub-key called [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion \Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun] and define the applications the are to be restricted. Creating a new string value for each application, named as consecutive numbers, and setting the value to the filename to be restriced (e.g. "regedit.exe").

Restart Windows for the changes to take effect.

(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
1 REG_SZ "badapp.exe"
2 REG_SZ "restrict.exe"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre
ntVersion\...

Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur
rentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]
Value Name: DisallowRun