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by grouchyy

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When I select the option to "Run only allowed Windows applications" I am supposed to select add and type in the application.

I have tried several ways to do this and I still get locked out of all the applications. Say I want to give access onlyto MSWord. Would I type:
"c:\Program Files...Winword.exe" given thats where it resides on their pc? How would I make this work?

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by mr_fixit

You have to know exactly where the program resides. Actually, using this part of Poledit often causes serious issues. This is mainly because Office products call upon other Office components to get jobs done. You would have to specify all of these programs in your "Allow only ..." statements. Needless to say, it becomes very hairy quickly.

by gigelul

No mater where reside the programs (the path) but you must enter all exe, com, bat, cmd files from a computer (file name). Also the files referring to your OS. List of the Allowed applications represents the app that will can be run on that computer.

by ezmoney

You have to specify all system programs as well as the apps that you wnat to run. It works great when you get it setup. Start with a basic machine that is only the os 95/98/nt then open the task manager(nt) or ctl-alt-del (98) and see what process is running. you will need each of these. now add a app and do the same check.
This is a partial copy of what I use.

.EXE FILES FOR POLICY EDITOR
FILENAMES IN BOLD ARE REQUIRED FOR PROPER BOOT-UP:

aim.exe AOL Instant Messenger
ati2evxx.exe ATI Video
atmfm.exe Adobe Type Manager
binder.exe Microsoft Binder
calc.exe Calculator
cdplayer.exe CD Player
control.exe Control Panel
defrag.exe Defrag
dialer.exe Phone Dialer
excel.exe Microsoft Excel
explorer.exe Windows Explorer
findfast.exe MS Findfast
iexplore.exe Microsoft Internet Explorer
loadwc.exe web browser
mdm.exe Machine Debug Manager
mplayer2.exe Windows Media Player
msaccess.exe Microsoft Access
msn251.exe Microsoft network?
msoffice.exe Microsoft Office 2K
mspub.exe Microsoft Publisher
notepad.exe Notepad
osa.exe MS Office file
osa9.exe MS Office 2K
pbrush.exe Paintbrush
poledit.exe Policy editor
powerpnt.exe Microsoft PowerPoint
powrprof.dll System file
regedit.exe Registry Editor
rtvscn95.exe Virus Protection (Norton)
rundll32.exe System file
scandskw.exe Scandisk
scanregw.exe Registry Scan
shockbde.exe Plato (shockwave)
systray.exe System tray
taskmon.exe Task Monitor
tcaudiag.exe 3Com NIC
vpc32.exe
vptray.exe Virus Protection (Norton)
wab.exe Address book
wangimg.exe Imaging
winfile.exe
winword.exe Microsoft Word
wordpad.exe WordPad
write.exe

Sorry cut and paste did not maintain the font setting if you would like more info from me send a e-mail to rodneyw@jep3.state.fl.us

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