"PC Medic" <pcmedic2@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Les" <completelyfalse@mailaddress.toavoid.spam> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> regards,
>> Les Hay, Livingston, Scotland
>
> Have you tried
> Right clicking the item
> select Properties
> Select the Security Tab.
> Highlight the user you are logged in as.
> Click the 'Edit' button
> Place a check in the box for the Allow Full Control
> Click Apply
> Click OK
>
> Now go back to the start menu and delete the item
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>
>

Thanks for the reply

Well, I followed your suggestion, but when I get to the dialog that has the
check boxes, they are all grayed out - same for all users (Administrator, Me
and System) - the default from new when I created the Me account.

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regards,
Les Hay, Livingston, Scotland