Hi everyone!

As Administrator on a computer with multiple-USER accounts, whenever I install or download new programs intended for personal use only, those same programs appear in the other users’ accounts. When the other users come to deleting the desktop icon(s) of the programs that I have installed, the desktop icon in the Administrator account is also deleted!

Is this NORMAL in Windows XP Pro SP2 or does it sound as though there is a problem with the way my Administrator and User Accounts have been set up?

Is there a way of installing or downloading programs in the Administrator Account only and that do not appear in other accounts?

I thank you for any suggestions.
When you install a program, USUALLY the icons will be in the All Users folder in Documents and Settings. So when one of your users deletes the icon, the icon will INDEED disappear off of everyones desktop. Just go to the program folder and find the programs that you need icons for and make a shortcut and move them to the desktop or to your folder in Documents and Settings/User/Desktop. Hope that Helps 8-).Thanks for the reply fffreak.

You've made for a little happier Nugz this evening!

Many Thanks