Sharing programs for two users

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How do I allow programs installed on one user account to be available to
another user?

Thank you
 
How do I allow programs installed on one user account to be available to
another user?
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Do you mean just geting visibility in the start menu?

Just make sure program start-up shortcuts get copied into the All
Users or Defaut User account.

I'd be careful that the other user datestamps saved work and always
files it in a known location, and that you save your own work in
another, write protected.

RL
 
It depends on what "to another user" means. The following are the most
common, including ones mentioned by legg already.

- Start menu shortcuts

- Shared documents or user-dependent locations

- Desktop shortcuts

- Application settings common to all users or user-dependent

- Security permissions for the application and files it uses and for
configuration data

- Security permissions for documents

Usually it is as easy as moving the shortcut from the user's profile to the
All Users profile, but that is not always that needs to be done.

Security experts say that we should not use an account that has
Administrator privileges for our normal use. We should have an account or
accounts that are less priviledged for most work and use an account that has
Administrator privileges only when we definitely need the priviledges. I do
that. It is surprising how much software installs for just the one user.
Since I nearly always install using the Administrator account, software that
does not install for All Users do install for just the Administrator account
for me. Good software should provide the option to install for All Users.
When software does not install for All Users, I must move the shortcut as
described. That usually works but not always.
 
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