program removal

[bassfisher6522]

I want to know if I remove a program in a different user account will it be removed from the entire system or just the user account in where it was removed. Here is an example; I want to remove a program from the guest account but not the other two user accounts that have it.

 

[sidewinder]

You don't want to use the "Programs and Features" control panel to remove the program. That would remove it from all users and from the system.

When a program is installed for all users, the short cuts are installed here:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Programs installed for individual users are stored here:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

If you don't want all users to have access to the programs, you need to put a copy of the shortcuts here for each user you want to have access:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

And you need to remove the shortcuts from here:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

What a user sees in their Start/All Programs list is a combination of what is in the two paths above.

Regards,

Scott