Some Programs Are Inaccessible From Limited Account

[Guest Daddy]

I have Windows XP Home SP 3. On my computer there is one Administrator account and one Limited account.

 

I confess to not having used the Limited account for some time. Today I decided I should get back into the habit of using the Limited account whenever possible.

 

When I logged in to the Limited account I quickly noticed that I could not use some applications I had previously been able to use. And I don't mean Administrator-type applications - I mean innocent things like Winamp (a media player.)

 

Let's take Winamp as an example. Winamp still appears in the Limited account's start menu, but now when I click to launch it I get the flashlight and Windows eventually tells me that it can't find Winamp. What's really weird is that it says "Windows cannot find..." and then goes on to mention the correct path of the Winamp executable! I know it's the correct path because when I switch back to my Administrator account I can successfully launch Winamp from the very same location.

 

There are other programs where I have the same problem. Some of the Start menu programs are still usable, some are not (as described above.) How do I fix this?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Daddy

[Guest Allan]

Re: Some Programs Are Inaccessible From Limited Account

 

 

"Daddy" <daddy@news.invalid> wrote in message

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I have Windows XP Home SP 3. On my computer there is one Administrator

account and one Limited account.

 

I confess to not having used the Limited account for some time. Today I

decided I should get back into the habit of using the Limited account

whenever possible.

 

When I logged in to the Limited account I quickly noticed that I could not

use some applications I had previously been able to use. And I don't mean

Administrator-type applications - I mean innocent things like Winamp (a

media player.)

 

Let's take Winamp as an example. Winamp still appears in the Limited

account's start menu, but now when I click to launch it I get the flashlight

and Windows eventually tells me that it can't find Winamp. What's really

weird is that it says "Windows cannot find..." and then goes on to mention

the correct path of the Winamp executable! I know it's the correct path

because when I switch back to my Administrator account I can successfully

launch Winamp from the very same location.

 

There are other programs where I have the same problem. Some of the Start

menu programs are still usable, some are not (as described above.) How do I

fix this?

 

Try reinstalling the applications that are not working properly. I know that

VLC media player works perfectly in a Limited User account.

http://www.videolan.org/

 

--

Allan

[Guest Daddy]

Solved: Some Programs Are Inaccessible From Limited Account

 

Solved: Some Programs Are Inaccessible From Limited Account

 

After doing some additional research I was able to solve my problem. The

problem was caused by: me. I hadn't given the Limited account sufficient

permissions in the Program Files folder. Any application that was not

originally installed 'for all users' was not accessible by the Limited user.

Or as Homer would say: "D'oh!"

 

Daddy

 

"Allan" <mu8ja0i@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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>

> "Daddy" <daddy@news.invalid> wrote in message

> news:ffGdnTNxHb0bYanVnZ2dnUVZ_r6rnZ2d@comcast.com...

> I have Windows XP Home SP 3. On my computer there is one Administrator

> account and one Limited account.

>

> I confess to not having used the Limited account for some time. Today I

> decided I should get back into the habit of using the Limited account

> whenever possible.

>

> When I logged in to the Limited account I quickly noticed that I could not

> use some applications I had previously been able to use. And I don't mean

> Administrator-type applications - I mean innocent things like Winamp (a

> media player.)

>

> Let's take Winamp as an example. Winamp still appears in the Limited

> account's start menu, but now when I click to launch it I get the

> flashlight and Windows eventually tells me that it can't find Winamp.

> What's really weird is that it says "Windows cannot find..." and then goes

> on to mention the correct path of the Winamp executable! I know it's the

> correct path because when I switch back to my Administrator account I can

> successfully launch Winamp from the very same location.

>

> There are other programs where I have the same problem. Some of the Start

> menu programs are still usable, some are not (as described above.) How do

> I fix this?

>

> Try reinstalling the applications that are not working properly. I know

> that VLC media player works perfectly in a Limited User account.

> http://www.videolan.org/

>

> --

> Allan