Post date: Sep 03, 2013 7:27:29 PM
see also:
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-security/86865-restrict-hide-programs.html
"Set the permissions on the .EXE files to Deny the other accounts and/or move
the shortcuts from...
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
to...
C:\Users\your_user_name_here\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
did not try yet -- moving the shortcuts makes sense, but I don't see how to change exe permissions
see the below
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-share-programs-with-other-users-in-windows-.html
"1. Log on as the user who can get to the program. In short, log yourself in. [ as administrator]
2. Right-click Start and choose Open. On the right, double-click the Programs folder. You end up in the Start Menu\Programs folder for the user who’s logged on.
3. Find the folder that contains the programs you installed. To share The Sims, go to the folder called Maxis. That’s the name of the company that makes The Sims. You may have to click and search a bit to find the folder you need, but make sure you get the main folder — the one that contains all the shortcuts.
4. Right-click the folder and choose Copy.
Now you need to move over to the “All Users” Programs folder. [step 5]
5. Right-click Start and choose Open All Users. Windows Explorer shows you the Start Menu folder for “All Users.”
6. Double-click the Programs folder. That puts you in the “All Users” Programs folder.
7. Right-click a blank spot on the right side of the Explorer window and choose Paste. Then “X” out of Windows Explorer. You may need to jump through a security dialog hoop, but in the end, the program shortcut folder (in this case, to the Maxis folder) appears in the Start Menu\Programs folder.
8. “X” out of Windows Explorer. By virtue of its location in that folder, Maxis appears on the Start→All Programs menus for every user.
for sharing (not restricting)
I could follow these steps
#2 different on Win7 -- instead left click then right click on "all programs". SWTOR doesn't show up (on AHil), though, so there is some other share problem.