Sharing programs

>-----Original Message-----
>Simply place the program in the all users\program

folder.

>If you right click your start button then click explore
>all users you will open the file tree that will show you
>c:\ documents and settings\all users\start menu open.

You

>can then reduce the size of this screen until it takes

up

>say half your screen then open a second instance of all
>users by right clicking the start\explore all users.Now
>look down the tree and open your start menu by clicking
>the + beside your name lower down the tree and then
>opening up to your start menu and then reduce the two
>screens so that you see both. Now left click on the
>program you want in your start menu and holding the

button

>down drag it over to the all users start menu and let

the

>button go when it's there and voila now it's available

for

>all users. If this seems awkward you can simply drag it
>from your start menu folder and then drop it on top of

the

>all users\start menu folder in the tree. The problem is

if

>you let go of the button by accident then it may end up

in

>god knows what folder. Keep smiling.
>.
>Thank you very much. I will give this a try.

Rich

I'm having a problem loading a program onto another users
profile. The installation program keeps telling me that
it does not have access to a file, yet the file folder is
shared and the file itself shows up under the user
account. It says to make sure there is sufficient disk
space (which there is - 60 GB) and that access is
denied. I've even pasted a copy of the file into the all
users profiles. Any ideas would be appreciated.

New XP user, want to share downloaded programs between users. Program appears accessable only on user where it was downloaded. How do I do this?

Greetings --

This is quite common if the software was designed for Win9x/Me, or
if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP, but was improperly designed. Quite
simply, the installation routine for this application doesn't "know"
how to handle individual user profiles, or the application tries to
make changes to "off-limits" sections of the registry. Quite often,
you can make this software available to other users by _copying_ the
Start Menu folder and Desktop folder shortcuts from the user profile
from which the software was installed in the corresponding folders in
the user profile(s) in which you'd like the software to be accessible.
If the application is something that can/should be made available to
all current and future users, copying the shortcuts into the
corresponding locations of the All Users profile will do the trick.

NOTE: This may not work if the software requires access to parts
of the hard drive and/or registry that are not normally accessible to
regular users. (This won't occur if the application was properly
written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're left
with two options: Either grant the necessary users appropriate higher
access privileges (either as Power Users or local administrators), or
replace the application with one that was properly designed
specifically for WinNT/2K/XP.

Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q307091

Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a
different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England:

"If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which
is the default.

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c

where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.

If you wish to undo these changes, then run

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r

If you still have a problem with running the program or saving
settings on limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on
the registry keys. Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app,
where "vendor\app" is the key that the software vendor used for your
specific program. Change the permissions on this key to allow Users
full control."


Bruce Chambers
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"jdean383" <jdean383@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:7DE7C859-9962-4D0F-8151-12C2426D3E68@microsoft.com...

> New XP user, want to share downloaded programs between users.
> Program appears accessable only on user where it was downloaded.
> How do I do this?

I have my XP set with users. How to I give the other user
access to a PROGRAM. Music Match to be specific. When I
try to run it from other than the Administrator it says
that the user does not have access to that program log in
as the adminstrator to use it.

Most applications weren't designed for this type of multi-user environment.
Such applications need to be installed in each specific user's account to
whom you wish to grant access.

First, be sure the account to which you wish to grant access is set to
administrator and not limited. Install the applications to the same folder
in which it was originally installed. This will look the same as one
install on your hard drive but create the pointers necessary for this user
to have access to the application.

Once the installation is complete, you can return the account to its limited
status if that is what you want and the user should still have access.


--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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"Double Trouble" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:12a8901c41867$64ccad90$a001280a@phx.gbl...

>I have my XP set with users. How to I give the other user
> access to a PROGRAM. Music Match to be specific. When I
> try to run it from other than the Administrator it says
> that the user does not have access to that program log in
> as the adminstrator to use it.

Greetings --

This is quite common if the software was designed for Win9x/Me, or
if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP, but was improperly designed. Quite
simply, the installation routine for this application doesn't "know"
how to handle individual user profiles, or the application tries to
make changes to "off-limits" sections of the registry. Quite often,
you can make this software available to other users by _copying_ the
Start Menu folder and Desktop folder shortcuts from the user profile
from which the software was installed in the corresponding folders in
the user profile(s) in which you'd like the software to be accessible.
If the application is something that can/should be made available to
all current and future users, copying the shortcuts into the
corresponding locations of the All Users profile will do the trick.

NOTE: This may not work if the software requires access to parts
of the hard drive and/or registry that are not normally accessible to
regular users. (This won't occur if the application was properly
written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're left
with two options: Either grant the necessary users appropriate higher
access privileges (either as Power Users or local administrators), or
replace the application with one that was properly designed
specifically for WinNT/2K/XP.

Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q307091

Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a
different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England:

"If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which
is the default.

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c

where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.

If you wish to undo these changes, then run

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r

If you still have a problem with running the program or saving
settings on limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on
the registry keys. Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app,
where "vendor\app" is the key that the software vendor used for your
specific program. Change the permissions on this key to allow Users
full control."


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"Double Trouble" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:12a8901c41867$64ccad90$a001280a@phx.gbl...

>I have my XP set with users. How to I give the other user
> access to a PROGRAM. Music Match to be specific. When I
> try to run it from other than the Administrator it says
> that the user does not have access to that program log in
> as the adminstrator to use it.