How to Share Apps Between Different User Accounts on Windows 8-gctid71880

[Ajamu]

How to Share Apps Between Different User Accounts on Windows 8


 
Windows 8 encourages you to set up a separate user account for  everyone who uses the computer. However, you might want to buy an app –  such as Angry Birds – and allow other people to use it.

By default, you can't do this. Each user account has their own  Windows Store account with their own purchased apps. However, there's a  way to share purchased apps so you don't have to buy them again for each  user.

 How It Works

 Let's say you have several accounts on your computer – your account  and accounts for your children. You want your children to have the same  games and apps you've purchased without giving them full access to your  account.

You can do this by logging into your children's accounts and changing  their Windows Store account to your Microsoft account. This only  changes the account used for the Windows Store on their accounts – other  Microsoft apps like Xbox Music and Video will continue using their  normal user accounts. All you'll be sharing is a Windows Store account,  which will give you access to the apps you've purchased on every local  user account.

You can also protect this account with a password to prevent the other users from purchasing apps with your money.

 Sharing a Windows Store Account

 To do this, you'll need to have one main Windows Store account where  your purchased apps reside – probably your own user account – and  several other user accounts. If you haven't created any user accounts  yet, you should create a primary user account for yourself and secondary  user accounts for the other people using the computer. These secondary  user accounts can either be Microsoft accounts or local accounts.

Once you've created the secondary user accounts, log into one of them and launch the Windows Store app.



Open the Settings charm (use the WinKey+ I shortcut to quickly open it) and select Your account.


 
Click the Change user or Sign in button, depending on whether the  secondary user account is a Microsoft account or a local account.


 
Sign into the Windows Store with your primary user account details.  The account you provide here only be used for the Windows Store.


 
To prevent a child or whoever else is using the secondary user  account from buying apps with your payment details, you'll probably want  to enable the Always ask for your password when buying an app option.


 
This trick can be used to share apps across up to five different PCs – you can manage your connected PCs from this screen.

You're now done. If you have other secondary user accounts, you'll  need to log into each one and repeat the process for each.  Unfortunately, each user must install the app from the Windows Store and  update it separately, consuming additional disk space. However, they  won't have to purchase the apps separately.

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

@Ajamu, are you o windows 8?

[Ajamu]

Nope

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Try to be more concise next time.
Why? Why not?

[Ajamu]

i have some software & hardware that Win 8 has issues with (ain't buyin no unnecessary stuff), & i've read more than enough stuff from other folks complaining about Win 8 so ...  Win 7 works good enuff for me right now, though i might dual boot (Win 7 & Win just to learn more about Win 8 to help other folks. i'll eventually load a free Linux operating system (Ubuntu, Mint, kwk) & be done with Windows.

:D;)