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- Create a file named exactly applock.txt (an empty file is fine).
- Move it to c:\windows\tracing\applock.txt
- Run gpedit /force (or wait about 30 minutes for it to run as scheduled)
How to
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Run a Blocked Program or Opt Out
If AppLocker blocks a program, it will pop up an alert box (whose content we cannot edit) with a pointer to this wiki page (they let you add a "local support" URL). Please let Rich know when this happens. Email is fine. Every program that the helpdesk could find to install on my test laptops will run, but IT people get creative.
You can explicitly run setup programs as .\admin by right-clicking on the executable and choosing "Run as administrator." Stuff run as .\admin, .\carladmin, or ads\its bypasses AppLocker. Please don't get into the habit of running things as .\admin, though; that would be a big step backwards.
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