Can two users share Applications?

My wife and I have each an administrator account on the iMac with own separate emails etc..... ie. We login separately as required.
Is there an easy way we can share the same programmes in Applications when say, Photoshop is loaded into one profile and not the other?

From your reply, it now seems like you're trying to copy an application from one computer to a second computer and it's the user account on the second computer that can't run the application. If that's correct, then thats what is causing the issue.
With some smaller applications, the whole program is self-contained. These kinds of programs are usually installed by dragging them from one location (usually a CD or DVD) to another (usually your hard drive). These programs are the kinds you would be able to drag from one computer to another and they would run with no problems.
More complex programs, however, need an install program because they add support files to various locations on your hard drive. Without these support files on the hard drive, the programs won't run. Typically, when these are installed on a computer with more than one user account, all users will have access to the program. However, if you want to install the program onto a second computer, then you will need to run the install program on that computer so it can put all the support files into place. You won't just be able to drag the application file to a second computer because the second computer doesn't have the support files installed.
Since I'm a bit confused on what it is you are trying to do, can you please explain what computer has the working applications installed on it, and what computer has the user account that is unable to use those applications?

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