Giving users access to programs

[Mike]

I have XP Home and I am the administrator for it. I also
have my wife and child using the same computer. When I
load a program from my profile I can see and use the
program but when my wife or child log on to their profile
they can see the program but can't use it. How do I fix
it so they can use some of these programs? I know it's an
administrator function I just can't seem to find it.

Thanks
Mike

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers:79432

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



"Mike" > wrote in
message ...
> I have XP Home and I am the administrator for it. I also
> have my wife and child using the same computer. When I
> load a program from my profile I can see and use the
> program but when my wife or child log on to their profile
> they can see the program but can't use it. How do I fix
> it so they can use some of these programs? I know it's an
> administrator function I just can't seem to find it.
>
> Thanks
> Mike