Thanks SG, good info. Will give it a try. I also saw from that link, an
indication of what else I had noticed but didn't mention - that items on the
start menu don't appear in the start menu programme folder - I suppose
that's a separate thing though.

"SG" <sorry@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> 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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> All the best,
> SG
>
> "Les" <completelyfalse@mailaddress.toavoid.spam> wrote in message
> news:u27n9LVZIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> "PC Medic" <pcmedic2@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uInXIMSZIHA.5396@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "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
>



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regards,
Les Hay, Livingston, Scotland