XP, Object Desktop, and Various Accounts

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Dumb, novice-type question... downloaded and installed OD in my administrator account on an XP-Pro computer. Love it. So now my kids want me to skin their desktop. Even if I make that login a (temporary) administrator account, I can't get it to behave. I can get the wallpaper to change, but can't apply any WindowBlinds themes at all! What am I missing???

thanks...



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Try installing OD in their account. But be sure to put it in their account folder. This makes it so it won't overwrite.


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Could you tell me which is their account folder? I tried installing into Documents and Settings/Kids/ and OD created a Stardock Central folder in there - but as far as I could tell, all the actual components went off to their "usual" spots (where they already were) - it never gave me any other chance to specify a location. And it still wouldn't behave (for instance, I can't use WindowBlinds). So I uninstalled it, which then messed up my original installation, which I then reinstalled, so I'm now back where I was...

This may just not be a possible thing to do, but if anyone else has a suggestion, I'd be grateful.



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mschwartz

I'm not sure if this will help you or not.

I set up my computer with me as the Admin and my wife on a Limited Account and with this set-up I can log on to her account and go to her desktop and see the WB icon in the systray, I open it and configure the WB for her desktop then I log out and it saves the settings I made for her, therefore we have different desktops to suit our taste.

Hope this helps