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01-11-2008
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| | Standard users on my workstation can't see program. I am setting up a new workstation (Vista business) for my front desk girls. I loaded (as Administrator) the program for my credit card machine. If I log in as me (Administrator) the icon is there & the program runs fine. When I log in as either standard user I can't see the icon nor is it listed in programs. How do get these users to see the program? Thanks in advance, I'm not too computer literate. |
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01-13-2008
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| | Re: Standard users on my workstation can't see program. Steve Many programs will ask, before they install, if you want the program to be available to all users on the system or just the user who is installing the program. Some programs don't ask and just install the program for the individual user. There are 2 locations for the Start Menu in Vista. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs is the location for All Users. Any shortcut icon in this folder will appear on every users Start/Programs menu. C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs is the location for each individual user. Any shortcut icon in this folder will only appear on that invidual users desktop. To get the result you want, If a programs installation places an icon in the individual users start menu, you can simply copy the programs icon from that folder and paste it to the All Users location. To do this, log on with your administrator account. Click Start\All Programs and locate the shortcut to the program. Right click the shortcut and select Copy. Right click the Start Button and select Open All Users. This will open Windows Explorer to the all users start menu. In the left pane, click the Programs folder. In the right pane, right click an empty space and select Paste. This should place that shortcut on the Standard Users start menu. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Steve_2036" <Steve2036@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C2C0CE24-3FB2-457D-9F07-982817C81C1E@xxxxxx Quote: >I am setting up a new workstation (Vista business) for my front desk >girls. > I loaded (as Administrator) the program for my credit card machine. If I > log > in as me (Administrator) the icon is there & the program runs fine. When > I > log in as either standard user I can't see the icon nor is it listed in > programs. How do get these users to see the program? > Thanks in advance, I'm not too computer literate. > |
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01-14-2008
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| | Re: Standard users on my workstation can't see program. Ronnie, Thanks a million, worked like a champ. Steve "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: Quote: > Steve > > Many programs will ask, before they install, if you want the program to be > available to all users on the system or just the user who is installing the > program. Some programs don't ask and just install the program for the > individual user. > > There are 2 locations for the Start Menu in Vista. > > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs is the location for All > Users. Any shortcut icon in this folder will appear on every users > Start/Programs menu. > > C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs is > the location for each individual user. Any shortcut icon in this folder will > only appear on that invidual users desktop. > > To get the result you want, If a programs installation places an icon in the > individual users start menu, you can simply copy the programs icon from that > folder and paste it to the All Users location. > > To do this, log on with your administrator account. Click Start\All Programs > and locate the shortcut to the program. Right click the shortcut and select > Copy. > > Right click the Start Button and select Open All Users. This will open > Windows Explorer to the all users start menu. In the left pane, click the > Programs folder. In the right pane, right click an empty space and select > Paste. > > This should place that shortcut on the Standard Users start menu. > > > -- > > Ronnie Vernon > Microsoft MVP > Windows Shell/User > > > "Steve_2036" <Steve2036@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:C2C0CE24-3FB2-457D-9F07-982817C81C1E@xxxxxx Quote: > >I am setting up a new workstation (Vista business) for my front desk > >girls. > > I loaded (as Administrator) the program for my credit card machine. If I > > log > > in as me (Administrator) the icon is there & the program runs fine. When > > I > > log in as either standard user I can't see the icon nor is it listed in > > programs. How do get these users to see the program? > > Thanks in advance, I'm not too computer literate. > > > |
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01-15-2008
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| | Re: Standard users on my workstation can't see program. Steve Your welcome, glad this helped. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "Steve_2036" <Steve2036@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4213657E-5E56-4429-AB7B-3B930BF3027C@xxxxxx Quote: > Ronnie, > > Thanks a million, worked like a champ. > > Steve > > "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: > Quote: >> Steve >> >> Many programs will ask, before they install, if you want the program to >> be >> available to all users on the system or just the user who is installing >> the >> program. Some programs don't ask and just install the program for the >> individual user. >> >> There are 2 locations for the Start Menu in Vista. >> >> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs is the location for >> All >> Users. Any shortcut icon in this folder will appear on every users >> Start/Programs menu. >> >> C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs >> is >> the location for each individual user. Any shortcut icon in this folder >> will >> only appear on that invidual users desktop. >> >> To get the result you want, If a programs installation places an icon in >> the >> individual users start menu, you can simply copy the programs icon from >> that >> folder and paste it to the All Users location. >> >> To do this, log on with your administrator account. Click Start\All >> Programs >> and locate the shortcut to the program. Right click the shortcut and >> select >> Copy. >> >> Right click the Start Button and select Open All Users. This will open >> Windows Explorer to the all users start menu. In the left pane, click the >> Programs folder. In the right pane, right click an empty space and select >> Paste. >> >> This should place that shortcut on the Standard Users start menu. >> >> >> -- >> >> Ronnie Vernon >> Microsoft MVP >> Windows Shell/User >> >> >> "Steve_2036" <Steve2036@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:C2C0CE24-3FB2-457D-9F07-982817C81C1E@xxxxxx Quote: >> >I am setting up a new workstation (Vista business) for my front desk >> >girls. >> > I loaded (as Administrator) the program for my credit card machine. If >> > I >> > log >> > in as me (Administrator) the icon is there & the program runs fine. >> > When >> > I >> > log in as either standard user I can't see the icon nor is it listed in >> > programs. How do get these users to see the program? >> > Thanks in advance, I'm not too computer literate. >> > >> |
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