Program Blocker

Program Blocker is a lightweight and very user-friendly piece of software aimed to provide you with the ability of preventing certain apps from being used on the host system, enabling you to fully control the tools that can be used or not.

Subsequent to the download process, you can just unzip the archive and launch the utility, as its installation is not necessary, thanks to its portability feature. This means you can easily carry it on a USB stick or other storage devices and work with it on all compatible PCs.

The first time you run Program Blocker, you will be required to input and confirm an access password. You can enter your email address, which can prove handy if you happen to forget your password, as this is the only way of recovering it.

Afterward, every time you will want to access the app, you will need to input the key, thus preventing unauthorized individuals from disabling it without your permission.

The interface of Program Blocker keeps in tune with the Metro style of Windows 8, making it quite attractive yet easy to use, even for inexperienced individuals.

The main screen allows you to easily enable or disable the application, while from the side panel, you can adjust the running preferences as well as add or remove certain items from the ‘Blocked’ list.

In order to block software from running on your computer, all you need to do is either select them from the list of ‘Common Applications’ and transfer them to ‘Blocked Applications’, or if you cannot find it, you can load the corresponding EXE file from your system into the utility.

It can even prevent your native Task Manager and other similar tools from running, thus making it impossible for someone to close Program Blocker, offering however an alternate Task Manager for you to use. Optionally, it can run in hidden mode, to further eliminate the risk of someone deactivating it.

To conclude, Program Blocker is quite efficient and easy to handle, allowing you to completely decide what software can or cannot be used on your PC, all with just a few button presses.