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I am on XP Pro Home ed. have one adm.account/user and one
limited account user on same computer. Just installed
Quicken, and would like to limited account/user to have
access to it, bot nothing else.

Is this possible ?

Thanks !
 
Temporarily change the limited user account to administrator, install
Quicken in that account, you can install it into the same directory in which
it is currently installed and once installation is finished, you can return
the account to its limited status and the user should still have access to
Quicken without access to anything else that would require administrator
privileges.
 
Hello , and thanks for the help...
I tried your method, but the installation does not
complete, first giving me an error #....message, then
a "quicken non accessible" message...I have other
programs (explorer, photoshop) working for both users...
 
It doesn't matter what programs you have working with more than one user.
Many application simply weren't designed for this type of multi-user
environment while others will work just fine and not cause an issue.

Two possibilities, one, some later versions of Quicken have the option to
install either for only the user doing the install as in "This User," or for
"All Users." If Quicken was originally installed using the "This User"
option, it would block installation in any other user account or, the
version of Quicken you are using is simply too old and won't cooperate.
What version of Quicken are you using?

You might try removing it in the initial user account, then reinstalling it
and using the "All Users" option during setup. Then go to the limited user
account and see if that user can access simply by clicking the Quicken
shortcut.

Another possibility, given that you appear to have a number of users. If
you are using XP Pro, you may have set up a policy in Group Policy Editor,
assuming you are using it (It's only available in Pro not in Home Edition)
that is preventing installation in the other user's account.
 
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