SysPwn

SysPwn is a simple application manager built in Python using Tkinter. This tool scans a specified directory for .exe files, grouping them based on the directory structure, and allows easy launching of these applications via a graphical user interface (GUI).

I created this application launcher for my needs. It allows me to run applications straight from a USB stick. My version of the flash drive has applications from SysinternalsSuite and Nirsoft. Some of these applications are detected as malicious and removed by antiviruses, so I use a write-blocking USB stick Kanguru FlashBlu30™ Lightning-Fast USB3.0 with Physical Write Protect Switch, I use this one but you can choose any manufacturer. Thanks to write-prevention, your toolkit will not be deleted or corrupted every time you insert the usb into the computer, so you can add exclusion to your AV and work with your favourite applications with peace of mind.

Simply copy the menu.exe file on the memory stick, create a /apps/ directory in it, create folders which will be regarded as categories e.g. network_tools, system_tools, password_recovery and in them create separate folders for each application. For example, the Autoruns.exe application from Sysinternals will be in /apps/system/autoruns/Autoruns.exe. After launching menu.exe, the program will read the structure of the /apps/ directory and add entries in the menu, the system directory will be the name of the category (use only underscores, no spaces or other hyphens) and the exe file name will be the name of the app in the menu.

See also the short article about why I build this.

Screenshots

Features

• Dynamic Application Scanning: Automatically scans the apps directory and displays available .exe applications in the user interface.
• Application Filtering: Allows searching for applications based on their names and groups.
• Easy Application Launching: Launch selected applications with a double-click.
• Local PowerShell shortcut: Launch local PowerShell in /apps/ folder.
• Specific exe file exclusion: Using exclude.cfg file you can exclude specific exe file from Dynamic Application Scanning.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Tkinter (included with most Python distributions)
• PyInstaller (optional, if you want to generate a .exe file)

Run as Python script

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/h0ek/SysPwn.git
   

2. Run script

   python menu.py
   

Download compiled version

Go to Releases page and download latest build.

Compile yourself

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/h0ek/SysPwn.git
   

2. Install the requirements

   pip install pyinstaller
   

3. Build exe

   pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --add-data "tools.ico:." --icon=tools.ico --version-file=version.txt menu.py
   

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

ToDo

• Run system PowerShell console in the /apps/ folder
• Add separate config file where user can exclude specific exe files