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CarolyDixon
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Jul 02, 2024

User Accounts Win 11 version 23H2

Can someone advise or point me in the right direction to sort out user desktop information. I installed Win 11 on a new build a couple of weeks ago and proceeded to install various bits of software that I have , games, administration, benchmarking etc. I then added my wife as a standard user but when I logged on to her account I saw that she too has all of this software showing when she only needs standard office stuff, Outlook, Word etc.

 

So I went about deleting the icons off her desktop but when I went back to my own (Administrator Account) they had gone from my desktop too??

 

Is there a way of removing stuff from her desktop that she doesn't need and more to the point, removing stuff that could mess stuff up if she runs it.

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  • DarrenMartin's avatar
    DarrenMartin
    Copper Contributor

    Under your administrator account, install the software into your personal user's AppData or Program Files directory, rather than the public desktop or all users directory.

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