Task Blocker

Task Blocker is a lightweight software application whose purpose is to help you block various programs. It can be particularly useful especially when you want to restrict your employees from using several programs or need to make sure that your children don’t spend too much playing games or chatting with their friends with the aid of instant messaging utilities.

You are welcomed by a clean and intuitive layout that allows you to trigger most of the actions with minimal effort. Everything is kept as simple as possible, so even rookies can master the entire process without having to consult a help manual.

Task Blocker gives you the possibility to manually specify the utility that you want to block, upload the EXE file, or pick the desired app from a list with running processes. You can refresh the list with the running processes with just one click and view the total number of running items, as well as extra information about each one, such as name, ID, and description.

What’s more, you can start or stop the blocking process, add multiple apps to the list, select the utilities that you want to block, and log the entire operation to a file.

Task Blocker allows you to launch the tool and activate the blocking process at Windows startup, enable or disable the logging process, send warning notifications the if the log file exceeds a user-defined value, choose the default log editor, as well as show notifications when a task is blocked.

Task Blocker comes packed with basic features for helping you block applications, and is suitable especially for less experienced users. On the downside, there’s no support for a master password, so other users can easily change the program’s settings or uninstall it.

If you want to skip the installation steps, you can download the portable version of the program, which can be found here.