Article: Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. This will open the Start menu. It's in the top-left corner of the Start menu. A pop-out menu will appear on the left side. This option is in the upper-left side of the Start menu. Scroll down until you find the app icon for the program you want to block. You may need to click a folder to view the program's app icon. For example, if you want to block Notepad, you would scroll down and click the "Windows Accessories" folder to reveal the Notepad app icon. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu. It's in the drop-down menu. This will open a pop-out window. This option is in the pop-out window. Doing so opens the file location of the program's shortcut in File Explorer. You'll find it in the File Explorer window. A drop-down menu will appear. It's in the drop-down menu. This opens the program's actual file location. Doing so opens the Properties window for the program in question. The file's name is listed in the text box at the top of the Properties window, while the extension is in parentheses to the right of the "Type of file" heading. You'll combine these two (e.g., "name.extension") to create the file's name in the Registry Editor. The extension will almost always be ".exe". For example, if you looked up the file location of Notepad, you'd find that its name is "notepad.exe". This is what you'll plug into the Registry Editor in order to block the program.

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Open Start . Click . Click All apps. Find the program you want to block. Right-click the program. Select More. Click Open file location. Right-click the program's shortcut file. Click Open file location. Right-click the program's icon, then click Properties. Review the file's name and extension. Remember the file's name and extension for later.