RESTrick Control Panel

Sure enough Windows wants to provide intuitive access to the features you can manage, but also in a way that doesn’t feel overwhelming, even if this makes it confusing instead. On the bright side of things, there are various alternatives out there, and RESTrick is one to prove a point.

Coming in a lightweight package, the application takes little time to install on your computer, with the possibility to have it launched right afterwards. The interface might not strike you as appealing at first, mostly structured as a regular Properties panel, with a fixed window layout and multiple tabs for quick access to management areas.

The core feature of the application is to provide quick, single access to most, if not all basic and advanced Windows features, much like the good-old Control Panel. In fact, the window name is intuitively named Control Panel, with access to management areas like Explorer, General, Desktop, My Computer, Control Panel, New, Open with, Mouse, System Logon, Display, Network, System, and Fonts.

As such, the application makes it easy to decide what Windows features to keep active and which to disable. These range from simple ones, like disabling the Command Prompt, Taskbar Settings, or the Run command, or even some advanced settings like cutting one’s ability to power off the computer.

You can use the application to make it suitable for others, but at the same time keeping them from snooping through important files or properties. It’s also possible to hide drives of interest, manage context menu entries, visual tweaks, and even the font used in the general operating system.

All things considered, we can state that RESTrick is a reliable application which helps you find most important security, performance, and visual tweaks within a single window. It provides an impressive amount of options and is easy to learn by individuals of all levels of experience, despite its simplistic design.