Use an installed packaged app as a reference.Here you can browse for and select a Reference for the Packaged app and set the Scope for the rule. I have selected Publishers, which is the default. Select how you want to create the rules – base on Publishers, File Path, or Has. Allow or Deny and the User or User Group you want the rule to apply. You will see a Before You Begin page.Ĭlick Next to reach the Permissions page. Right-click on Packaged apps and select Create Rule. Let us say you want to create a rule for Packaged apps. This could be for an Executable, Windows Installer, Scripts or in the case of Windows 10, a Windows Store packaged app. Select where you want to create the rule.

In the console tree, navigate to Security Settings > Application Control Policies > AppLocker. To prevent users from installing or running Windows Store Apps with AppLocker in Windows, type secpol.msc in Run and hit Enter to open the Local Security Policy Editor. In Windows 10 and Windows 8.1, Applocker has evolved and lets you block legacy as well as Windows Store apps.

Windows AppLocker prevents users from installing or running applications These include executable files, scripts, Windows Installer files, DLLs, Packaged apps, and Packaged app installers. AppLocker helps administrators control which applications and files users can run. You can use blacklisting rules or whitelisting rules to achieve this result. With AppLocker, an administrator can block or allow certain users or user groups from installing or using certain applications.

Windows Applocker was introduced in Windows 7 and includes some new features in Windows 11/10/8.