I recently reformatted my hard drive, created an account for myself (Administrator) and reinstalled my applications software. When I was done I started to set up other users but realized the installed software only shows on my desktop. How do I get the software applications for other programs on the other desktops, such as Office. Frank

Hi,If you take a look at "c:\documents and settings, you'll see at least two directories: one with your user name, and one with the name "All Users". Dig a little deeper, and you'll see a "Start Menu" item beneath each of those. The start menu you see is the result of Windows displaying the contents of both of those: the contents of "c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu" and "c:\documents and settings\--your user name--\start menu" are merged and displayed as the system start menu.So if a program's shortcut appears in the "all users" portion, then it'll show up for everyone. If it's only in one specific user name, then only that user will see the shortcut. The point of all that is that when a program is installed, it needs to decide where to put its information: either in "all users", or in a user specific section. Sometimes it asks, sometimes it assumes, and sometimes it assumes wrong.Here is what you can try:Step 1: Check if you are able to find the program in other user accounts by:a. Clicking start button and clicking all programs.Step 2: If not, re-install the program, and, for programs that do so, select "All Users" when it asks whom to make the program available to. You might need to be logged in as administrator to make this work, and you might need to uninstall it first (after backing up any data you might need to preserve, of course).DianaMicrosoft Answers Support EngineerVisit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" or "Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.