Sharing programs within XP
 

Our home PC is shared by five of us, all with admin rights. I have recently added a program while logged on as one user to find that I can not access it from any other user. Also my printer works fine with all users but the scanning/copying facility which appears and opens under all users will not work..it says to check the connection.
How do I make all programs etc available to all?
Thanks in advance for any replies

Roach,

Assuming that you are using fast switching, this may be helpful:

Some Programs May Not Create Shortcuts for All of the Fast User Switching Users

This might also suggest other lines of attack.

Another thing - if you log in as "Administrator" - not a user with admin rights, you should be able to install the program for all users.

SD

Looks like as Saab mentions, that installing the program as an administrator is the first port of call.

Failing that - make sure you are logged in as an adminisrator - check by looking at the properties of your account under the User Accounts icon in Control panel.

Assuming that your are - copy the relevant icon to one of the following places using Windows Explorer.

c:\documents and settings\AllUsers\Desktop

AND/OR

c:\documents and settings\AllUsers\StartMenu.

This will make the relevant icons appear on the Desktop/Start Menu respectively.