Now why didn't that occur to me? Thank you, I'm off to try it!

Now I remember why I bought a new computer with windows 7!

on the program and under properties change the security settings to "everyone"?

Thanks!

Did you get it fixed?

I tried writing in (the box that opened) to allow the other account but, to no avail. Then I tried the method mentioned below and that worked! Thank you for your help!

Is the software is not restricted to any one account--there just is not shortcut to it from All Programs.

From the new account navigate to C:/Program Files and then look for the name of the company(SpaceJock) or the yWriter folder. Go in there and look for the (exe) program file something like yWriter5 if you don't have extensions showing--then right-click it and choose Send to Desktop, which will create a desktop shortcut. Test the shortcut from the desktop.

How did you know that I'm not very computer literate?

Then scurried around trying to fix it. Live and learn.

Yes, when you create a new account it doesn't create shortcuts in All Programs for everything already installed. I don't know how it decides for programs other than Microsoft programs but it has always seemed fairly random. First time for me when I had a corrupted profile, I thought, "Where did all my programs go?" but I eventually figured it out.

I'm glad you got it sorted.

For Windows Vista/7/8, C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu contains shortcuts that should show up in all profiles. For things that appear only in a specific profile, C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu.

You can add or delete things from those folders to customize what appears in the Start Menu. You can also add folders to organize how the shortcuts are displayed. The ProgramData and AppData folders are by default hidden, so you may have to enable showing hidden files and folders under Windows Explorer's Folder Options to be able to navigate to (or search for) them.

That is the way I do it when a program installs for all users and I don't want a program listed on my limited account. I find it very confusing to keep those windows straight when moving/copying but I appreciate the tip.

You can get to those folders easily if you go to Start and right-click where it says All Programs. Open--opens the current user's Start Menu, and Open All Users--takes you to the folder for all profiles.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! All hail gvstn! Hail!