Program sharing

[Dr Barrie Bardsley]

In XP Professional, I have set up a number of users, with
myself as administrator. I want to be able to allow my
grandchildren to play certain games but not have access to
other programs.

I've tried dragging shortcuts to "shared folders" and this
worked for one game but not for others, for some
unaccountable (to me at any rate) reason. How on earth do
I reliably do this, short of copying the whole program to
the other user's folder (ridiculously wasteful of space)?

I'd appreciate greatly any help that anyone can provide. I
suspect that this question is too basic to appear in any
of the FAQs or textbooks I've tried to find it in.

Barrie

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

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/

"Dr Barrie Bardsley" > wrote in message
...
> In XP Professional, I have set up a number of users, with
> myself as administrator. I want to be able to allow my
> grandchildren to play certain games but not have access to
> other programs.
>
> I've tried dragging shortcuts to "shared folders" and this
> worked for one game but not for others, for some
> unaccountable (to me at any rate) reason. How on earth do
> I reliably do this, short of copying the whole program to
> the other user's folder (ridiculously wasteful of space)?
>
> I'd appreciate greatly any help that anyone can provide. I
> suspect that this question is too basic to appear in any
> of the FAQs or textbooks I've tried to find it in.
>
> Barrie

[David Candy]

Also type folder permissions in Help. Games like to write to places =
where limited users are not allowed to write.
"Dr Barrie Bardsley" > wrote in message =
...
> In XP Professional, I have set up a number of users, with=20
> myself as administrator. I want to be able to allow my=20
> grandchildren to play certain games but not have access to=20
> other programs.
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> I've tried dragging shortcuts to "shared folders" and this=20
> worked for one game but not for others, for some=20
> unaccountable (to me at any rate) reason. How on earth do=20
> I reliably do this, short of copying the whole program to=20
> the other user's folder (ridiculously wasteful of space)?
>=20
> I'd appreciate greatly any help that anyone can provide. I=20
> suspect that this question is too basic to appear in any=20
> of the FAQs or textbooks I've tried to find it in.
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> Barrie

[Dr Barrie Bardsley]

>-----Original Message-----
>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/
>
>"Dr Barrie Bardsley" >
wrote in message
...
>> In XP Professional, I have set up a number of users,
with
>> myself as administrator. I want to be able to allow my
>> grandchildren to play certain games but not have access
to
>> other programs.
>>
>> I've tried dragging shortcuts to "shared folders" and
this
>> worked for one game but not for others, for some
>> unaccountable (to me at any rate) reason. How on earth
do
>> I reliably do this, short of copying the whole program
to
>> the other user's folder (ridiculously wasteful of
space)?
>>
>> I'd appreciate greatly any help that anyone can
provide. I
>> suspect that this question is too basic to appear in any
>> of the FAQs or textbooks I've tried to find it in.
>>
>> Barrie
>
>
>.
>

[Dr Barrie Bardsley]

Many thanks for this help. I really appreciate your taking
the trouble to reply.

Barrie
>-----Original Message-----
>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/
>
>"Dr Barrie Bardsley" >
wrote in message
...
>> In XP Professional, I have set up a number of users,
with
>> myself as administrator. I want to be able to allow my
>> grandchildren to play certain games but not have access
to
>> other programs.
>>
>> I've tried dragging shortcuts to "shared folders" and
this
>> worked for one game but not for others, for some
>> unaccountable (to me at any rate) reason. How on earth
do
>> I reliably do this, short of copying the whole program
to
>> the other user's folder (ridiculously wasteful of
space)?
>>
>> I'd appreciate greatly any help that anyone can
provide. I
>> suspect that this question is too basic to appear in any
>> of the FAQs or textbooks I've tried to find it in.
>>
>> Barrie
>
>
>.
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