Software Restriction Policies
for Windows 7 Home Edition

If you run Windows 10 home edition, too bad. Microsoft removed this feature from Windows 10 Home Edition. (Windows 10 Pro still has the good SRP interface.)

If you run Windows 7 Home Edition, you can still use SRP, but Microsoft doesn't include the good interface to configure it. You'll have to use the easy interface which forces you to select individual EXE files as opposed to being able to select entire folders, which means you'll have to adjust your whitelist after installing new programs or even some updates. It also hides the useful hash-based and certificate-based rules which I discuss in the main SRP article. Also, it’s not compatible with the free Office Starter edition because it won’t let you add Q drive to the list.

To get to this easy interface in Windows 7, click start, type parental, then click Parental Controls.

Then click the username you want to protect, then click "Allow and block specific programs".

Change it to "... only use the programs I allow". Wait a few seconds for the list to populate. Then, you should just be able to click "check all", but go thru the list and make sure there is nothing you want to block.

enjoy!