I use Win2k on a home desktop PC. I have 3 kids who use it. They share some of the same programs (Office, MusicMatch, etc). I wold like to set up user logins that ensure that when kid #1 uses Musimatch, it stores files in her drive, same for kid #2, et al. Short of installing every application three or four times, can Win2k (via login script?)manage this kind of separation?

Why dont you create an account for each kid and your self Control panel>users then you can just create shortcuts to each desktop of the user c:documents and settings/ *user*/desktop and put your music match and office ect.. shortcuts into each user or the All users folder cause then it will just do it to ever user. When the save the info it will save to there documents from inside there name.

The applications (in this case, MusicMatch, WinMX, in particular) have their own configuration modules where you can enter the directory where they should dump files. These programs offer one directory as though there is only one person using the program. I'm trying to create an environment where the kids don't have to worry about shared file folders (and where I can determine who's downloading what). Windows is good about restricting users to their assigned drives, etc. but these applications will still dump to only one folder. That's why I was even contemplating giving each kid their own copy of each application. That stinks.