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December 24, 2009 12:00 AM

Security Steps: Use AppLocker Policies to Block Solitaire

Orin Thomas
Windows IT Pro
InstantDoc ID #103353

AppLocker is a new application restriction technology that is available in the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of the Windows 7 operating system. AppLocker has an advantage over traditional Software Restriction Policies (SRP) in that AppLocker includes functionality to automatically generate rules, something that you needed to do manually with SRPs. In this screencast I’ll show you how to enable basic AppLocker policies to block the execution of Solitaire while allowing the execution of other programs located in the Program Files and Windows directories.



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  • Lars
    2 years ago
    Jan 14, 2010

    This procedure seems to block the execution of solitaire.exe located in a specified folder. Does it also prevent the user from renaming the file, or copying it to another folder, and then executing it?

    I suppose the answer is no, which means that any user who understands the file system will be able to run the program. Blocking dlls is probably more efficient, but limited to dlls that are essential to the unwanted application and not used by the legitimate ones.

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