How to create a software desktop shortcut available to all users of a classroom PC:
- Sign in to the PC with your administrator account.
- Open File Explorer and search: C:\Users\Public\Desktop
- Using the main windows search bar, type the name of the software to locate the file.
- Right click and select “Open File Location”
- Right click on the software folder in the window that immediately opens and select “Copy” (Ctrl+C or button with 2 overlapping squares on Windows 11)
- Select the first File Explorer window that you opened and “Paste” the shortcut that you copied in the C:\Users\Public\Desktop folder.
- Close all windows and check to see if software shortcut appears on the Desktop
- Open Software to test functionality.
- Sign out of your administrator account and sign in using your primary account
- Check to see if shortcut is on the Desktop and test functionality