Do you manage or share user accounts on a PC? Are there certain programs that you don’t want someone to use? A freeware application named ‘Lockup’ will let you lock programs so they won’t run at all.
Lockup is very easy to use, but you should be very careful with it. If you make one wrong move, you can accidentally lock an entire user account so that it’s difficult to return to a usable state.
How to use Lockup:
Here’s a screenshot of one of the two modes of operation, “Only the list” mode.
In the screenshot above, you can see that I’ve added Internet Explorer to the list of executable files that will not run. To add more executables to the list, click the “Browse” button to select an EXE file, then click the little green check-mark icon at the bottom of the Lockup window. After you reboot or log off the PC and log back in, you’ll find that the EXEs you’ve listed will bring up a message telling you that the program is “restricted”.
Below, you can see a screenshot of Lockup in the “All except the list” mode.
This is a fairly risky mode since all executable files will be blocked from running, except those you add to the list. Make sure you don’t remove Lockup from the list or you may have a little trouble getting back access to it. I tried this mode briefly and it works great. All of my autorun (startup) applications failed to load when I logged in, even my antivirus application was blocked. This mode would be perfect for a PC that was used in a public place such as a library, school or cafe.
Download: LockUp
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