Multiple users applications problem

Hello everyone, I have looked in past topics about mulitiple users issues but did not find the answer I am looking for.
I have created a new user account with admin privileges. I did that to ease my multiple .mac accounts with iweb and it works fine but I am annoyed that I have to hunt for the licences for each application that I open. If I have a registered application on the computer why do I have to reenter the licence code again to use it on the same computer?
Is there a way around it or a short cut to doing it as I have a lot of applications that I may want to use.
Thank you for your help.
Mireille

Mireille Green1 wrote:
Thank you I did not know that and now I do. I guess that means that I won't have to do them all, it's a relief.
Thanks again
Mireille
I don't know how unix-savvy are you.
Sometimes the apps create invisible files under ~/Library/Preferences, or they generate some strange file names.
To detect what the application stores in the Preferences folder, you can use the terminal and write:
ls -lRA ~/Library/Preferences
before giving the application its serial number, and then repeat the same command after the application has been satisfied.
Comparing the two listings will detect whatever files were written by the application.
Of course you can do it all with the unix commands:
before:
ls -lRA ~/Library/Preferences > ~/tbfr
after:
ls -lRA ~/Library/Preferences > ~/taft
and then compare:
diff ~/tbfr ~/taft
Ciao,
Ermanno

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