Does ANYONE know the answer to this Admin question?

[James D]

Has anyone here had problems using programs under say a
childrens
profile that they limited to just "user" level with no
rights to
install programs?
I have MY profile set with admin rights to install
programs, but my
kids don't have the same rights. When trying to run a few
of these
programs installed in my profile but run in theirs, there
are various
errors that pop up and I am almost 100% sure it is the
admin right
thing (the programs work under my profile) Some programs
websites have
fixes, some don't. It is a pain in the a** and almost not
worth the
effort, but it does save on headaches from the kids
messing with
important files. Any helpful info appreciated.

BTW, I install all programs under MY profile with admin
rights, NOT
the Administrator mode. Don't know if that makes a
difference, but
from what I understand, Administrator mode cannot be
reached in XP
Home UNLESS you reboot into safe mode. Another pain in
the a**.

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

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.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"James D" > wrote in
message ...
> Has anyone here had problems using programs under say a
> childrens
> profile that they limited to just "user" level with no
> rights to
> install programs?
> I have MY profile set with admin rights to install
> programs, but my
> kids don't have the same rights. When trying to run a few
> of these
> programs installed in my profile but run in theirs, there
> are various
> errors that pop up and I am almost 100% sure it is the
> admin right
> thing (the programs work under my profile) Some programs
> websites have
> fixes, some don't. It is a pain in the a** and almost not
> worth the
> effort, but it does save on headaches from the kids
> messing with
> important files. Any helpful info appreciated.
>
> BTW, I install all programs under MY profile with admin
> rights, NOT
> the Administrator mode. Don't know if that makes a
> difference, but
> from what I understand, Administrator mode cannot be
> reached in XP
> Home UNLESS you reboot into safe mode. Another pain in
> the a**.
>

[JamesD]

Thank you Kent, I have not tried this yet, but will soon
and post the results.


>-----Original Message-----
>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.
>
>--
>Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
>"James D" > wrote in
>message ...
>> Has anyone here had problems using programs under say a
>> childrens
>> profile that they limited to just "user" level with no
>> rights to
>> install programs?
>> I have MY profile set with admin rights to install
>> programs, but my
>> kids don't have the same rights. When trying to run a
few
>> of these
>> programs installed in my profile but run in theirs,
there
>> are various
>> errors that pop up and I am almost 100% sure it is the
>> admin right
>> thing (the programs work under my profile) Some programs
>> websites have
>> fixes, some don't. It is a pain in the a** and almost
not
>> worth the
>> effort, but it does save on headaches from the kids
>> messing with
>> important files. Any helpful info appreciated.
>>
>> BTW, I install all programs under MY profile with admin
>> rights, NOT
>> the Administrator mode. Don't know if that makes a
>> difference, but
>> from what I understand, Administrator mode cannot be
>> reached in XP
>> Home UNLESS you reboot into safe mode. Another pain in
>> the a**.
>>
>
>.
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

Great. I'd appreciate it if you could post it in this particular thread.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"JamesD" > wrote in
message ...

> Thank you Kent, I have not tried this yet, but will soon
> and post the results.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >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.
> >
> >--
> >Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
> >
> >
> >
> >"James D" > wrote in
> >message ...
> >> Has anyone here had problems using programs under say a
> >> childrens
> >> profile that they limited to just "user" level with no
> >> rights to
> >> install programs?
> >> I have MY profile set with admin rights to install
> >> programs, but my
> >> kids don't have the same rights. When trying to run a
> few
> >> of these
> >> programs installed in my profile but run in theirs,
> there
> >> are various
> >> errors that pop up and I am almost 100% sure it is the
> >> admin right
> >> thing (the programs work under my profile) Some programs
> >> websites have
> >> fixes, some don't. It is a pain in the a** and almost
> not
> >> worth the
> >> effort, but it does save on headaches from the kids
> >> messing with
> >> important files. Any helpful info appreciated.
> >>
> >> BTW, I install all programs under MY profile with admin
> >> rights, NOT
> >> the Administrator mode. Don't know if that makes a
> >> difference, but
> >> from what I understand, Administrator mode cannot be
> >> reached in XP
> >> Home UNLESS you reboot into safe mode. Another pain in
> >> the a**.
> >>
> >
> >.
> >