Windows 10: Restricting Discord to a User - User can re-install program after being deleted

I need to stop allowing Discord to load/run on a User account I am the family admin. The User though can delete Discord and reinstall after. How can I prevent this? I thought Users were locked from making changes.

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Unable to set restriction for local user in Windows 10

Hi,



I realized your concern and will assist you to resolve the issue.

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  How did you noticed that user is still able to access the drive?
  
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  Did you log into the local user account and check the permission?
  

I suggest you to follow the steps below to restrict the user.

• In File Explorer, right click on the drive which you want to restrict.
• Click Properties.
• Click the Security tab.
• Click on Edit to change the permissions.
• Uncheck all the permission for system.
• Click OK and make sure the change is applied to all subfolders and files.

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Thanks and regards.

 

how to restrict users ability to install programs

So, I decided to test this myself and it works as intended. What this is suggesting to me, there is likely a corruption in the user profile not honoring the permissions. You can try deleting the account and create a new one to see if it works.

If you are using Family Safety, make sure the use account age is not over 18 years.

Otherwise, try the steps below and review the infographic.

If that doesn't work, then it suggest NTUser.dat might be corrupt.

Open Start, type view advanced system settings

Hit Enter

Under User Profiles, click Settings

For the affected profile, click Delete

Select your user profile or another user profile that is able to log on successfully.

Click Copy To..

Click Browse then save it somewhere on your drive

Rename it to something else

Open File Explorer > This PC > system drive where Windows is installed

Open the Users folder

Open the troubled profiled

Go to the View tab, then check off Hidden items in Show/Hide

The NTUser.dat with backed up earlier, copy it into this folder

Restart, then check if the user privilege is respected.

 

Current active users that are friends

The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.