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Configure guest account in Windows 11
I have a personal administrator account that I use on a daily basis on Windows 11. I just created a guest account which is a standard account on my machine. As the name suggests, I will have guests at my house who will use my PC and I would like to configure what they can do with this account. I don't know what can be done.
I wish :
1) that they can only access a specific folder in which they can put whatever they want. And so I would like them not to be able to access any other folder including C:
2) that they can only use a few programs that I have defined
3)Also, I wanted to change some visuals on the desktop and taskbar, but I can't access the guest account settings.
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Do the other accounts have standard or administrator rights?
If they have administrator access, they can access everything.
If they have just standard level access, they shouldn't be able to access other users data
To limit them, you'd need to set permissions to deny read access on everything you don't want them to be able to see.
Set up a dedicated app (like File Explorer or a custom launcher) that they can access. Only this app will be available when they log in. For more granular control, consider third-party tools like AppLocker (available in Windows 11 Pro/Enterprise) to specify allowed applications.
