Re: Personal Directories

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:26:29 -0700

1. & 2. c:/Program Files is the default folder location for programs. The
programs Start Menu items (shortcuts, etc.).

Have a look at this...

Installing and running software in Windows XP
http://www.rickrogers.org/xpsware.htm

[[This page is an attempt to explain how software should be installed and
used in a Windows XP system.]]

Subjects include:
1. Installing software for everybody
2. Running software in limited user accounts
3. Restricting access to some programs
4. FAQ's and issues
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3. I know nothing about Word Perfect, Adobe Illustrator, Sigma Plot.

4. When logged on as RossM, you should see items from both:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
and
C:\Documents and Settings\RossM\Start Menu

When logged on as RossM, you should see items from both:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
and
C:\Documents and Settings\RossM\Desktop

An Administrator should see other's My Documents. 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:4FCFAF04-7C15-42AB-A0E1-DBEEDEEBA88F@microsoft.com,
rossm <rossm@disc.ms.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks Alex and Wesley.
>
> I think my questions should be:
>
> 1. When you grant administrator privileges to several users and then
> install new programs as one of those, the programs go into c:/Program
> Files.  What goes into the Administrator user folder? Apart from
> security issues, what is wrong with giving several users
> adminisitrator privileges?
>
> 2. If I create a Ross-Admin user and give ONLY that user administrator
> privileges, should I always install programs when signed on as
> Ross-admin? What happens if one of the other users forgets and
> installs a new program?
>
> 3. I guess each user who uses, for example, Microsoft Word and
> personalizes menus etc gets to keep those personalities when sighing
> on as that user.  It looks like Windows remembers these settings, as
> well as individual user's desktops, so that every time they sign on
> as the correct user, the individual settings are used.  Will this
> work for Word Perfect, Adobe Illustrator, Sigma Plot, and other
> applications?
>
> 4. Does it take much longer to boot up if the desktop is filled with
> shortcuts?  If so, I guess I could create two users, one with lots of
> shortcuts on the desktop and one with few.  But then I'd have to
> personalize all my applications the same and keep track of this as
> both users every time I make a change.  And files and folders I put
> in My Documents for one user would not be available from another
> user's My Documents.  Does User1 have access to User2's My Documents?
>
> 5. In my Documents and Settings I have folders called:
>
> Administrator
>               with folders called Administrator's Documents, Desktop,
> and Start Menu
>
> RossAdmin
>              with folders called RossAdmin's Documents, Desktop, and
> Start Menu
>
> RossM
>              with folders called My Documents, Desktop, and Start Menu
>
> But when I boot up the only ones of these users which shows up is
> RossM
>
> The others were created when I created users with those names, but
> later I deleted those users.  I was able to delete RossAdmin and all
> its subfolders but when I tried this with Administrator I received a
> warning that this could make some programs unusable.  So I went into
> Control Panel and opened User Accounts and tried to create a new user
> named Administrator but it said there was already one there and to
> choose another name.  What should I do about this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ross

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