SafeLauncher is software that allows you to run any Windows application under a specified user account, enabling you to use restricted accounts while still working under an administrator's account.
SafeLauncher is an ideal choice for those who have experienced the RunAs utility provided with Windows. This application acts as a container for the applications that you frequently use. SafeLauncher allows you to add any application to this container and run it under the required account. The interface is user-friendly and offers a quick and effortless way of running your applications. You can run the application from the container via the icon in the system tray, the main window of SafeLauncher, or a shortcut. When you minimize the application, it disappears but leaves the icon in the system tray, which can be used for fast execution of any application in the container. Additionally, detailed documentation and context help enable easy and swift acquaintance with SafeLauncher.
Users often work on their computers using an account that belongs to the local administrators group. However, many do not realize that any program executed under this account has the potential to interfere with their data. For instance, some malicious code downloaded from a website might execute inside the Internet Explorer browser. As a result, a 'malicious program' runs on the computer with unlimited privileges. Although antivirus software can detect this and raise an alarm, in most cases, this is only possible with well-known malicious code. Therefore, antivirus software is often powerless when encountering code it is seeing for the first time.
A more effective solution is to run the Internet Explorer browser under an account that does not belong to the administrators group and has fewer privileges than the account you typically work under. If the malicious code gets executed, it would fail to steal any data or infect the computer. In the worst-case scenario, the Internet Explorer application would crash, with no threat to user data. SafeLauncher understands these risks, and it's designed to provide a better and safer way to run the applications you depend on.
Users often work on their computers using an account that belongs to the local administrators group. However, many do not realize that any program executed under this account has the potential to interfere with their data. For instance, some malicious code downloaded from a website might execute inside the Internet Explorer browser. As a result, a 'malicious program' runs on the computer with unlimited privileges. Although antivirus software can detect this and raise an alarm, in most cases, this is only possible with well-known malicious code. Therefore, antivirus software is often powerless when encountering code it is seeing for the first time.
A more effective solution is to run the Internet Explorer browser under an account that does not belong to the administrators group and has fewer privileges than the account you typically work under. If the malicious code gets executed, it would fail to steal any data or infect the computer. In the worst-case scenario, the Internet Explorer application would crash, with no threat to user data. SafeLauncher understands these risks, and it's designed to provide a better and safer way to run the applications you depend on.
What's New
Version 1.5:
The following features were added:
- Editing the protected storage
- Drag and drop an application
- Each user has its own profile