Sharing programs between users

[gerry410]

Hello all, I'm having a hard time making programs available to all users on a single computer.

I installed Google Chrome, AOE 3 and a number of other programs on the Administrators account. After reading that its not secure and is a best practice to create a second account for daily use I did that. I created the 2nd account with Administrative Rights, then reduced permissions to the first. However, I see that very few programs are available on the desktop of the newly created desktop. I want to share Chrome, AOE3 etc. for all users.

Any ideas, am I missing something. I shouldn't have to reinstall all to the 2nd desktop right?

Thanks all.

 

[sminlal]

Generally speaking, programs don't install icons on the desktop, they install them into the "Start" menu. Can you see the programs in the Start menu? If so, then the programs are available for use.

If you really want to have desktop links that appear for all accounts, then you need to create the shortcuts in the "C:\Users\Public\Public Desktop" folder.