Hi

Vista Ultimate - fully up to date.

I uninstalled a program through the Control Panel -> Programs and Features.
This seemed to remove all signs of the application from the C:\Program Files
folder, but I was left with the application with sub folders on the Start
Menu/All Programs. Since I didn't need this anymore, I tried right clicking
on it and selected Delete - this resulted in a dialog 'You need to confirm
this operation - Continue/Skip/Cancel' - I selected Continue - the dialog
box disappears but nothing else happens - the menu entries remained.

Looking through various Vista newsgroups, I found a 'Take Ownership'
registry thing - I installed this.

Retrying the above and after 'Taking Ownership' of the start menu entry
(entries), has exactly the same results - the references to the application
still remain.

Next I tried search for the application name and this led me to the folder
'\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs' and I tried Delete
there both without then with the Take Ownership - still the same dialog
which when clicking Continue results in no action.

On a related note: I have had times where I want to delete something from
(say) the Program Files folder where I needed to go through the Permissions
procedure and then get a dialog showing progress/time remaining etc but at
the end, no actual deletions take place - strange! (btw I am not doing
anything unorthodox in as much as I was only changing an installed
application .dll updated file) - *however*, I found the Take Ownership did
work in this instance.

I'm now at a dead end in getting this start menu entry removed, and relying
on the collective wisdom of this group to help me out.

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regards,
Les Hay, Livingston, Scotland