Appadmin

Are you tired of applications running without your permission? You could uninstall them, but there is a more elegant situation.

Appadmin is a free application for Windows that allows you to block programs from launching on your machine.

Using it is simple. Just drag the direct access icon of the program you want to block into the Appadmin window, or select its executable from the file browser.

Changes will not take effect until you click the Restart button, which holds true for both blocking and unblocking applications.

This is a portable program that you don't need to install to use.