I intend to apply Software Restriction Policy to prevent users from operating VMware application.
Aim is to prevent the execution of any executables in VMware Installation folder.
Users may change Installation folder (Local admin rights available with user)
The following registry entry points to the VMware Installation directory:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation\InstallPath
I tried to define the following path rule, so as to prevent execution of any .exe file in VMware Installation folder:-
%HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation\InstallPath\%*.exe
I received following error:
"The path cannot contain following Characters"
VMware, Inc. - Comma is present in this registry key and hence I am not able to apply path rule.
The registry entry is automatically created during VMware installation.
Is there any workaround to achieve this objective?