Enabling execution of programs from limited accounts

From: Joe Kincaid (ckincaid1@kc.rr.com)
Date: 08/17/02 

From: "Joe Kincaid" <ckincaid1@kc.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:24:55 -0500

I'm running XP Home at home and my kids have their own account which is limited. Some programs require that I install them as the administrator, but then the kids can't run them. They have a program icon, but when they try to execute it, the program starts up and immediately stops after a couple of quick screen updates. Nothing more. I can run the program myself from my administrator account. I can run the program in their account if I use "Run as.." and enter my password, but I don't want to be bothered with entering my password every time the kids use the computer.

I've dug into the Help and Support screens and the only way I can find to get around this is to install the executable into the Shared Folder area instead of the Program Files area. Naturally this requires manually copying the files after the installation and now I have two copies of the program installed.

I'd like to clean all this up. It seems to me there should be an easier way to set the executable so that anyone can run it.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help.
 
Joe Kincaid
joekncd@netscape.net