Focuser

I made this program for my IGCSE exams
No external libraries is used

Features of the program

• It kills the process specified in the blocked_apps.txt
• Logs the program that has been killed into Focuser_log.csv

How to use this program

• Full the blocked_apps.txt or use the gui script to full it with the title name or the executable name of the application in it
• Use a #executable name or #title name to make it persistent through the session (the program will get killed even if it is removed from the wordlist)

How to run this program

python appblocker.py

python gui.py

1. Type in the applications to be blocked in the textbox
2. Click "Start Focuser" button

To build an exe

Using Nuitka

nuitka --onefile --windows-console-mode=disable --nofollow-imports --clean-cache=all --output-dir="exe" --remove-output .\src\appblocker.py

Using Pyinstaller

pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole --distpath "exe/" .\src\appblocker.py

To make the program start whenever the system starts

reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v Appblocker /t REG_SZ /d "exe\appblocker.exe"

Recommended: Create a shortcut of appblocker.exe and place it in the startup folder
To open the startup folder
1. WIN + R
2. Type "shell:startup" and click enter

Note: if the commands or program didn't work. Try giving the complete file path and put the folder into an exclusion file

TODO:

• Make a better GUI
• Create a build script with the command to place it in the startup
• Make the files more organized
• Make an option to allow users to use custom scripts for different purposes (some applications while studying or some while working)