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App Installation For All User Profiles

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by paladin46

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I need to set up several laptops running Windows 2000 Pro. Is there a way that I can install applications and have the applications come up for all users by default?

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by ramon.velez

Assuming these workstations are going to be part of AD, you can create a machine-based group policy that will assign these applications to the appropriate machines hence making the applications available to every user who logs on to these machines.

by paladin46

These laptops are not part of AD, they are logging onto an NT 4.0 domain. Certain apps get installed for all users, (MS Office, Acrobat Reader) but others do not. I was hoping maybe running the setup prgram with a particular switch or something simple like that would be the answer.

by magetower

Try putting a copy of the application shortcuts in the All Users profile under the 'Documents and Settings' folder. (The D&S is the equiv of the old winnt\profiles folder.)

by paladin46

While this does work, I was hoping there was a way to make app installations show up for all users by default. I think I did find one by running the setup program from the RUN line with the switch /JM afetr it. This advertises programs to all users. Thanks though.

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