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Ruth Cowley & Mike Fairfield
How do I share programs like Word between different users?
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Guest
By, users, do you mean users on the computer, or users on different computers?
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Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\)
-- 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
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
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
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
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Guest
My related question is how do you install an application and have it
available for all user accounts on the system. I shouldn't have to change
each users account every time I install something and I shouldn't have to
install it into each account individually. The related question is - how do
I install in only one user account when I don't want the other users to have
access to it. By install I'm referring to applications on CD like HalfLife2
for example.
Thanks all,
Phil
available for all user accounts on the system. I shouldn't have to change
each users account every time I install something and I shouldn't have to
install it into each account individually. The related question is - how do
I install in only one user account when I don't want the other users to have
access to it. By install I'm referring to applications on CD like HalfLife2
for example.
Thanks all,
Phil
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Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\)
If there was a sure way of doing that, I would have posted it in my initial
response. Unfortunately, as I stated, most applications weren't designed
for this type of multi-user environment and until app developers catch up
with the OS, you will need to install legacy applications this way. Some
current applications now offer the option of making them available to all
users or just the current users during setup but if you have a lot of
applications that are pre-XP and even many post-XP release (those released
close to the time XP was released) they don't offer this option.
You can try installing them into the "All Users" folder and this may work
with some applications but you must understand, the process is app
dependent. There are some, perhaps many applications with which this simply
won't work. The one sure way I've found when the above is not available or
does not work which is often the case is to do as I have described.
response. Unfortunately, as I stated, most applications weren't designed
for this type of multi-user environment and until app developers catch up
with the OS, you will need to install legacy applications this way. Some
current applications now offer the option of making them available to all
users or just the current users during setup but if you have a lot of
applications that are pre-XP and even many post-XP release (those released
close to the time XP was released) they don't offer this option.
You can try installing them into the "All Users" folder and this may work
with some applications but you must understand, the process is app
dependent. There are some, perhaps many applications with which this simply
won't work. The one sure way I've found when the above is not available or
does not work which is often the case is to do as I have described.