1. A method for management of configurable application programs on a network comprising the steps of: installing an application program having a plurality of configurable preferences and a plurality of authorized users on a server coupled to the network; distributing an application launcher program associated with the application program to a client coupled to the network; obtaining a user set of the plurality of configurable preferences associated with one of the plurality of authorized users executing the application launcher program; obtaining an administrator set of the plurality of configurable preferences from an administrator; and executing the application program using the obtained user set and the obtained administrator set of the plurality of configurable preferences responsive to a request from the one of the plurality of authorized users.