Stop programs running from usb

Friday, January 7, PM. Saturday, January 15, PM. In SRP, you would need to do a file path rule, and as you mention that could be dangerous. Monday, January 17, PM. Hi, Thank you for your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Monday, January 10, AM. Thanks Arthur, I'll await your reply. Tuesday, January 11, PM. Hi RJO22, Unfortunately there's not a single GP setting that will turn off executables on thumb drives, but you can use other policies to achieve the result.

Friday, January 14, PM. Hi, I would like to confirm what is the current situation after trying the suggestions David Beach provided? Monday, January 17, AM. David Beach's solution seems to be the way forward on this your querry. Application locker allows you control the execution of any executable on your network. Monwuba Michael M. So now you can save image and documents to USB sticks.

In addition, you can also install and run apps directly from them. Adding lots of software to external storage devices can save quite a bit of hard disk space. There should be a few USB ports to add the drive to. Select Storage to open the window in the snapshot directly below. This shows you the default drives the files and apps save to. Click the New apps will save to drop-down menu.

It should include the title of your external drive as below. The autoplay dialog box asks you to select from the options when you insert a media. Autorun on the other hand, is the Windows action which automatically launches applications depending on the commands given in the autorun. The keyword is automatic.

We have to find ways to short circuit the automatic execution of programs good or bad , so that a hidden malware does not penetrate our system. The idea then is to change the way Windows handles the autorun. The methods expressed here are majorly for Windows XP. Then, right click on the icon in Explorer and select Explore to access the contents of the drive.

This is a one-time action and you have to keep that in mind every time you insert an USB drive. And you have to be ever mindful of never double-clicking your USB drive icon in Explorer. Group Policy Editor is used to define user and computer configurations for groups of users and computers. Enter gpedit.