Hi Les,

See if this will work for you...
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vi...te-folder.html

Look down at #7
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Amsterdam
Experience: Advanced

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All the best,
SG

"Les" <completelyfalse@mailaddress.toavoid.spam> wrote in message
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> "PC Medic" <pcmedic2@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Les" <completelyfalse@mailaddress.toavoid.spam> wrote in message
>> news:OXiUZ4OZIHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>
> 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.
>
> --
> regards,
> Les Hay, Livingston, Scotland