Win10 Home Edition restricting apps to local user

JezMar91 1 Reputation point
2021-08-08T15:55:03.103+00:00

Hello,

I am using a Windows 10 Home edition and I've been trying to prevent an application, Prohance, to mention, to run on the local user acct since I'm trying to separate my work account to my personal account.

I cannot seem to figure out how to restrict or disable the app from running on the local user account. I've been doing some research and none of it says anything about the Home edition. Should I upgrade my OS to Win10 Pro cause some of the options that I've read does not reflect on the Win10 Home edition.

Anyone who can help me with this is very much appreciated.

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  1. Spigolo 706 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-08-08T18:38:49.483+00:00

    Hi @JezMar91

    If this app cannot be installed at user level (ask the developer) both Home and Pro edition give you no chance to block it for another user, even a standard one.
    More than this, if the local user is administrator, it can revert any change you made to the settings.
    If I have not understood your question, please explain me better.

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  2. MotoX80 36,401 Reputation points
    2021-08-09T15:53:24.423+00:00

    You could try setting the NTFS permissions on the program to deny access to that account. There is a lot that I don't know about your environment, and what exactly you are trying to accomplish, so you'll just have to test this.

    Log in with the "local user account" and open a command prompt with "run as administrator". Modify these commands to point to the correct folder and .exe file and run it.

    cd "c:\program files\Prohance"
    icacls Prohance.exe /deny "%username%":(RX)
    

    As Spigolo-3573 noted, if the "local account" has administrator access, they can undo this. And the Windows installer may reset the permissions so you will need to check this occasionally.

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