Posted 13 May 2016 - 09:12 PM
Posted 13 May 2016 - 09:50 PM
when you install a program and it asks "install for everyone or install for only me" that determines who gets a icon on the desktop
Posted 13 May 2016 - 11:34 PM
What I've done in the past was to copy my normal account folder of desktop shortcuts over into admin's desktop. If one wants to copy AppData folders from one account onto another account, do so after a full OS image or two have been made.
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Posted 14 May 2016 - 01:53 AM
I just tried downloading firefox on my pc running windows 10. I did not receive that "install for everyone or install just for me" despite having another account on the computer. Yet the other account and the one I just created both got the desktop icon.when you install a program and it asks "install for everyone or install for only me" that determines who gets a icon on the desktop
Edited by kurtgillis12, 14 May 2016 - 02:32 AM.
Posted 14 May 2016 - 09:49 AM
The new account is not found even after a restart?
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Posted 14 May 2016 - 10:09 AM
So what exactly determines what programs etc that actually get a shortcut on the desktop? I made a new user account just to see, and it seemed like a random assortment of some of the programs from the admin account had desktop icons, but not all. Some were in the start menu, some were not there.
So, how does windows determine what gets desktop icons when a new user account is created?
I am assuming Windows came pre-installed on the computer? In that case, the manufacturer is the one who creates a default user profile which determines how a new user account is configured. That configuration includes which icons appear on the user's desktop.
I just tried downloading firefox on my pc running windows 10. I did not receive that "install for everyone or install just for me" despite having another account on the computer. Yet the other account and the one I just created both got the desktop icon.when you install a program and it asks "install for everyone or install for only me" that determines who gets a icon on the desktop
Not all programs give you a choice. Firefox will not give you that choice but, say, SoftMaker FreeOffice 2016 (the office suite that I use) will give you that choice.
Posted 14 May 2016 - 01:20 PM
I am assuming Windows came pre-installed on the computer? In that case, the manufacturer is the one who creates a default user profile which determines how a new user account is configured. That configuration includes which icons appear on the user's desktop.So what exactly determines what programs etc that actually get a shortcut on the desktop? I made a new user account just to see, and it seemed like a random assortment of some of the programs from the admin account had desktop icons, but not all. Some were in the start menu, some were not there.
So, how does windows determine what gets desktop icons when a new user account is created?
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Not all programs give you a choice. Firefox will not give you that choice but, say, SoftMaker FreeOffice 2016 (the office suite that I use) will give you that choice.I just tried downloading firefox on my pc running windows 10. I did not receive that "install for everyone or install just for me" despite having another account on the computer. Yet the other account and the one I just created both got the desktop icon.when you install a program and it asks "install for everyone or install for only me" that determines who gets a icon on the desktop
Edited by kurtgillis12, 14 May 2016 - 01:24 PM.
Posted 14 May 2016 - 01:29 PM
The new account is not found even after a restart?
Posted 14 May 2016 - 02:23 PM
kurtgillis12, it depends on what you mean by "firefox did not show up on the new vista account". Do you mean that a desktop shortcut wasn't created? Whenever you install Firefox, it installs for all users on that machine. Whether or not a desktop shortcut appears for a new user is irrelevant. If there is no desktop shortcut then all you have to do is create one.
Posted 14 May 2016 - 02:30 PM
There is a geek way to find out which shortcuts are universal and which ones are single-user, one shortcut at a time -- use your favorite search utility, type in the exact name of the shortcut, and see what directory or directories said shortcut appears in.
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Posted 14 May 2016 - 03:21 PM
AFAIK, there is no such thing as universal and single-user shortcuts. Also, finding the directory where a shortcut exists is just that - its location - nothing more, nothing less.
Posted 14 May 2016 - 05:48 PM
AFAIK, there is no such thing as universal and single-user shortcuts. Also, finding the directory where a shortcut exists is just that - its location - nothing more, nothing less.
Well, not exactly. Thread Starter's asking a way to find out:
-- which programs installed themselves into just one user account, and
-- which programs installed themselves into most if not all users accounts
I was simply give thread starter a "backdoor" [not the only] way of finding out.
In fact, my geek way is the way I use to find out: just where did a particular program install itself?
[Some programs do not have an obvious directory or obvious name: MSE is one of those.
If cannot find the program, find the most likely shortcut, click properties, find the installed directory.
Edited by RolandJS, 14 May 2016 - 05:52 PM.
"Take care of thy backups and thy restores shall take care of thee." -- Ben Franklin revisited.
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Backup, backup, backup! -- Lady Fitzgerald (w7forums)
Clone or Image often! Backup... -- RockE (WSL)
"I heard Spock finally got colander!" "I believe the word is Kolinahr." "Oh."
Posted 14 May 2016 - 07:23 PM
kurtgillis12, it depends on what you mean by "firefox did not show up on the new vista account". Do you mean that a desktop shortcut wasn't created? Whenever you install Firefox, it installs for all users on that machine. Whether or not a desktop shortcut appears for a new user is irrelevant. If there is no desktop shortcut then all you have to do is create one.
Posted 14 May 2016 - 07:25 PM
Well, not exactly. Thread Starter's asking a way to find out:AFAIK, there is no such thing as universal and single-user shortcuts. Also, finding the directory where a shortcut exists is just that - its location - nothing more, nothing less.
-- which programs installed themselves into just one user account, and
-- which programs installed themselves into most if not all users accounts
I was simply give thread starter a "backdoor" [not the only] way of finding out.
In fact, my geek way is the way I use to find out: just where did a particular program install itself?
[Some programs do not have an obvious directory or obvious name: MSE is one of those.
If cannot find the program, find the most likely shortcut, click properties, find the installed directory.
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