Guest account logout doesn't keep files, apps on dock, How to retain?

Was thinking of setting up access to some apps on my Guest account ,not only for
my guests(wife), however, when I close the Guest account login, it tells me that I will lose all my settings and files that I might have set up. Are there
any settings that I can set up from Administrators point of view, so as when I do switch to Guest login, that these settings/files that are used or saved will actually be there the next time I login to Guest? Thanks
Or do I set up a user account that isn't Guest?

Or do I set up a user account that isn't Guest?
That's the answer, since the whole point of the Guest account is to erase it after use and leave it 'clean' for the next guest. Set up a new user account, but be sure to make it non-admin unless you're sure that anyone using it is safe to be let loose on an admin account. In any event it's always useful to have the odd spare account for testing purposes if you run into trouble.

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Message was edited by: dbferrari

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