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  • January 21, 2005 at 3:56 am #2292529

    Stop Games from running by the registry

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    by dean.morris · about 18 years, 4 months ago

    Do you know how to stop certain programs by editing the registry so a user can not load or run them i.e. sol.exe

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    • January 21, 2005 at 5:04 am #3328294

      Reply To: Stop Games from running by the registry

      by liame · about 18 years, 4 months ago

      In reply to Stop Games from running by the registry

      Why not just delete sol.exe (and the others)?

    • January 21, 2005 at 5:13 am #3328286

      Reply To: Stop Games from running by the registry

      by blackcurrant · about 18 years, 4 months ago

      In reply to Stop Games from running by the registry

      Hi

      Or you can set the security on the files to exclude certain accounts/groups

      Good luck

    • January 21, 2005 at 10:01 am #3327818

      Reply To: Stop Games from running by the registry

      by cp7212 · about 18 years, 4 months ago

      In reply to Stop Games from running by the registry

      First of all, back up your registry and/or create a system restore point. In place of editing your registry, you can Start > Run > msconfig. Untick the boxes you do not want to run upon start up. Never untick Explorer or Systray, you need these for your machine to run. If there are any you are unsure of, use http://www.google.com to check them.

      If you are comfortable with editing the registry, use regedit, and the key you want is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version > Run.

      If you are not used to editing your registry, I would urge you to use msconfig instead.

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