# Setting Launch Permissions on an Amazon Machine Image
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You can set launch permissions on your Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) from the **AMIs** view in AWS Explorer. You can use the **Set AMI Permissions** dialog box to copy permissions from AMIs.

 *To set permissions on an AMI* 

1. In the **AMIs** view in AWS Explorer, open the context (right-click) menu on an AMI, and then choose **Edit Permission**.  
![Context menu for an AMI showing Edit Permission, De-register AMI, and Properties options.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ami-edit-permissions-menu.png)

1. There are three options available in the **Set AMI Permissions** dialog box:
   + To give launch permission, choose **Add**, and type the account number for the AWS user to whom you are giving launch permission.
   + To remove launch permission, choose the account number for the AWS user from whom you are removing launch permission, and choose **Remove**.
   + To copy permissions from one AMI to another, choose an AMI from the list, and choose **Copy from**. The users who have launch permissions on the AMI you chose will be given launch permissions on the current AMI. You can repeat this process with other AMIs in the **Copy-from** list to copy permissions from multiple AMIs into the target AMI.

     The **Copy-from** list contains only those AMIs owned by the account that was active when the **AMIs** view was displayed from AWS Explorer. As a result, the **Copy-from** list might not display any AMIs if no other AMIs are owned by the active account.  
![Set AMI Permissions dialog showing Public selected and launch permissions for three AMIs.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/images/tkv-ami-copy-permissions-dlg.png)

    **Copy AMI permissions** dialog box