Program folder in Start menu for ALL USERS

I wonder if somebody knows how to navigate to the folder PROGRAMS for ALL
USERS?

I want to open this folder and see all the folders for installed programs.

Can somebody help?

Gudmund Liebach Nielsen wrote:
> I wonder if somebody knows how to navigate to the folder PROGRAMS for
> ALL USERS?
>
> I want to open this folder and see all the folders for installed programs.
>
> Can somebody help?

Sure, but it's not obvious what you're looking for:

If you want to see which programs are installed:
Orb -> Control panel -> Programs and features
is the place.

If you want to see what directories the programs have installed into:
C:\Program Files\ (or C:\Program files (x86)\)

If you want to see the start menu contents:
C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
C:\Users\your name\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

If you want to see what data directories they use there are several places.

I want to see the folder "START MENU" for ALL users.
I cannot navigate to C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu, as I
don't have "All Users" under Users. Under Users I only have the names for
the users of my PC and NOT "All Users". I don't know why???

--Gudmund





"cvp" <> skrev i meddelelsen
news:...
> Gudmund Liebach Nielsen wrote:
>> I wonder if somebody knows how to navigate to the folder PROGRAMS for ALL
>> USERS?
>>
>> I want to open this folder and see all the folders for installed
>> programs.
>>
>> Can somebody help?
>
> Sure, but it's not obvious what you're looking for:
>
> If you want to see which programs are installed:
> Orb -> Control panel -> Programs and features
> is the place.
>
> If you want to see what directories the programs have installed into:
> C:\Program Files\ (or C:\Program files (x86)\)
>
> If you want to see the start menu contents:
> C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
> C:\Users\your name\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>
> If you want to see what data directories they use there are several
> places.
>

"Gudmund Liebach Nielsen" <> wrote ...
>I want to see the folder "START MENU" for ALL users.
> I cannot navigate to C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu, as I
> don't have "All Users" under Users. Under Users I only have the names for
> the users of my PC and NOT "All Users". I don't know why???

Hej Gudmund

The Start menu fir All Users is located at:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

"C:\Users\All Users" isn't actually a real directory; it's just a Symlink to
C:\ProgramData.

Note that C:\ProgramData is normally a Hidden directory. To view it in
Explorer, you'll need to turn on the "Show hidden files and folders" option
in Folder Options.

Hope it helps.

Vi ses,

--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

Gudmund Liebach Nielsen wrote:
> I want to see the folder "START MENU" for ALL users.
> I cannot navigate to C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu, as
> I don't have "All Users" under Users. Under Users I only have the names
> for the users of my PC and NOT "All Users". I don't know why???
>
> --Gudmund
>
>
>
>
>
> "cvp" <> skrev i meddelelsen
> news:...
>> Gudmund Liebach Nielsen wrote:
>>> I wonder if somebody knows how to navigate to the folder PROGRAMS for
>>> ALL USERS?
>>>
>>> I want to open this folder and see all the folders for installed
>>> programs.
>>>
>>> Can somebody help?
>>
>> Sure, but it's not obvious what you're looking for:
>>
>> If you want to see which programs are installed:
>> Orb -> Control panel -> Programs and features
>> is the place.
>>
>> If you want to see what directories the programs have installed into:
>> C:\Program Files\ (or C:\Program files (x86)\)
>>
>> If you want to see the start menu contents:
>> C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>> C:\Users\your name\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>>
>> If you want to see what data directories they use there are several
>> places.
>>
>

Hmmm... Don't know either. Anyway it's a shortcut to

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start menu

Do you have that?

Yes I have that: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start menu, so the problem
is solved. I don't know why "Programdata" is a hidden directory, but anyway
I can set "show hidden files" on so I can see it.

Thank you.

--Gudmund
"cvp" <> skrev i meddelelsen
news:...
> Gudmund Liebach Nielsen wrote:
>> I want to see the folder "START MENU" for ALL users.
>> I cannot navigate to C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu, as
>> I don't have "All Users" under Users. Under Users I only have the names
>> for the users of my PC and NOT "All Users". I don't know why???
>>
>> --Gudmund
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "cvp" <> skrev i meddelelsen
>> news:...
>>> Gudmund Liebach Nielsen wrote:
>>>> I wonder if somebody knows how to navigate to the folder PROGRAMS for
>>>> ALL USERS?
>>>>
>>>> I want to open this folder and see all the folders for installed
>>>> programs.
>>>>
>>>> Can somebody help?
>>>
>>> Sure, but it's not obvious what you're looking for:
>>>
>>> If you want to see which programs are installed:
>>> Orb -> Control panel -> Programs and features
>>> is the place.
>>>
>>> If you want to see what directories the programs have installed into:
>>> C:\Program Files\ (or C:\Program files (x86)\)
>>>
>>> If you want to see the start menu contents:
>>> C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>>> C:\Users\your name\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>>>
>>> If you want to see what data directories they use there are several
>>> places.
>>>
>>
>
> Hmmm... Don't know either. Anyway it's a shortcut to
>
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start menu
>
> Do you have that?

Thank you, I can see what I want now.

--Gudmund


"Andrew McLaren" <> skrev i meddelelsen
news:A4707592-A5B5-47EC-8C77-...
> "Gudmund Liebach Nielsen" <> wrote ...
>>I want to see the folder "START MENU" for ALL users.
>> I cannot navigate to C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu, as
>> I don't have "All Users" under Users. Under Users I only have the names
>> for the users of my PC and NOT "All Users". I don't know why???
>
> Hej Gudmund
>
> The Start menu fir All Users is located at:
>
> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>
> "C:\Users\All Users" isn't actually a real directory; it's just a Symlink
> to C:\ProgramData.
>
> Note that C:\ProgramData is normally a Hidden directory. To view it in
> Explorer, you'll need to turn on the "Show hidden files and folders"
> option in Folder Options.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Vi ses,
>
> --
> Andrew McLaren
> amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
>

actually, it is much faster and easy doing a mouse right click in the start
orb and choosing "explore/open all users