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Brass Contributor

Mar 11, 2020

How to prevent users from installing applications on full desktop?

Is there any way to prevent end users from installing applications on their own when using a full desktop group? I noticed someone managed to install an app into the program files folder so all of th...

sbuntun

Brass Contributor

Mar 23, 2020

The users definitely are just standard users. I've seen stuff like spotify, vlc, Zoom and Teams installed on a per user basis.Soo Kuan Teo

Soo Kuan Teo

Microsoft

Apr 02, 2020

Hmmm... it may be possible that standard users are able to install store apps. You can try to disable store app with group policy. Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Store\"Turn off the store application"
if user still able to install app, then maybe try this too:
Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Installer/"Turn off Windows Installer"