separate user accounts

skeletor16940

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My 250 gig hard drive has 3 separate user accounts; mine (admin) Clare and Lauren. Why is it when I install a program on mine, it appears on their's? I thought with 3 separate accounts programmes would stay separated. Forgive my ignorance or naivety for asking this, not too many sarcastic comments for what may appear a rubbish question.
 

My Computer

Hello Skeletor,

When programs are installed on the computer, they are installed for all users to access unless the program has a option during installation to select what users can use the program.

You can remove the program's shortcut from the All Users Start menu and C:\Users\Public\Desktop locations to not have it there for the other user accounts, but they can still access it by default in the C:\Program Files folder.

You can also change the permission level of the program's exe file to Deny access for a specific user to. You can use this tutorial below as a guide for this. Be sure not to deny all users or your user account to prevent blocking access for you as well.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/157304-folder-permissions.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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