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Thursday, February 22, 2018 5:13 PM
Is there any way of blocking a single store app from being installed or run with Group policy? Apparently there is a new one called TouchVPN which bypasses our firewall. I've tried blocking the process (Partner.Client.Universal.Touch.exe) it seems to run in the GP"Prevents Windows from running the programs you specify in this policy setting.
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Thursday, February 22, 2018 6:27 PM
I do not think that this is possible as I know that you can disable the Windows Store completely but you do not have that level of granularity.
If you are using Microsoft Store for Business or Microsoft Store for Education then the following article will help you: /en-us/microsoft-store/manage-access-to-private-store
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Ahmed MALEK
Friday, February 23, 2018 4:18 AM
Dear Jason0923,
As Ahmed said you can block appstore completly by using group policies. below article says how to do that.
https://www.urtech.ca/2015/09/solved-how-to-disable-the-store-app-in-windows-10/
But you will be able to fulfill your requirement by using Microsoft Applocker policies,
What is App locker >
/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/applocker/what-is-applocker/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/applocker/applocker-overview
Requirements for AppLocker -->
/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/applocker/requirements-to-use-applocker
Create Rule-->
/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/applocker/create-a-rule-for-packaged-apps
/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/applocker/create-your-applocker-rules
Friday, February 23, 2018 8:25 AM
Hi,
How to Block (or Allow) Certain Applications for Users in Windows
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8739/restrict-users-to-run-only-specified-programs-in-windows-7/
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