Installing programs across user accounts.

I have recently installed a whole load of new programs on my user account, but my girlfriend can't access any of these on her user account. Is there any way of doing this, without installing the same software again on the 2nd account, as surely it's on the computer somewhere already?!?

Hi and a warm welcome to the forums!
Was your account an Admin account?
Did it ever ask install for all users?
There are several Applicationd folders, one at Root for everyone, and one in each User's folder too.
Not certain if this'd work, maybe Permissions changes needed for her to access, but you might try dragging them from your Applications folder to the one at Root, but many will have stuff in the User's Library needed elsewhere, so you really may need to re-install them all anyway.

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