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by mistaherrera

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Everytime I install a applicatio on an NT workstation 4. Some of the programs don't appear on the start menu list whenever a new user logs into the workstation. I simply had to copy and paste them into each user's profile. I also sometimes get duplicate program icons on the Start Menu list.
Is there an easy/better way of automatically adding the updated Start Menu whenver a new user log's into the workstation. Therefore whenever I install a program under my profile it automatically replicates into any new user profile.

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by mphoffar

You should be loggin in as the administrator of the station so these settings will be sent to the All Users folder instead of yours. This should also copy any reg entries that program may make to the person's profile when they login.

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by mistaherrera

I have tried this already by logging in as local administrator of the workstation and installed an application which was from a shared drive. And then tried logging in as another user. The application that was just installed did not appear on the Start Menu Programs list.

by duskos

Right click your Start button and Explore.
Explorer opens with focus set to Winnt\Profiles\Your_UserName\Start Menu.

You now have two choices.

1. You may copy your shortcuts from
Winnt\Profiles\Your_UserName\Start Menu\Programs\ to
Winnt\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\.
This copies your shortcuts to common area visible by all users of Winnt 4.0 Workstation.

2. You may copy your shortcuts from
Winnt\Profiles\Your_UserName\Start Menu\Programs\ to
Winnt\Profiles\Default User\Start Menu\Programs\.
This copies your shortcuts to default user area. Any new user that you create on a Workstation will inherit shortcuts from this area. existing users will not be affected.

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