User Pinned folder in Quick Launch

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Bruce Hagen

Jim S said:
A folder 'User Pinned' suddenly appeared in my Quick Launch toolbar. If I
try to delete it directly or by going back to the Interrnet Explorer
folder
it tells me I need administrator permission - I am the administrator AND I
seldom use Internet Explorer.
How do I get rid of the icon?
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The Quick Launch is not on the Taskbar unless you added it back. If you are
just speaking of an item pinned to the Taskbar, see if this helps.

How to Take Ownership of a Item in Vista. Also works in Windows 7
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...ership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/
 
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Gene E. Bloch

A folder 'User Pinned' suddenly appeared in my Quick Launch toolbar. If I
try to delete it directly or by going back to the Interrnet Explorer folder
it tells me I need administrator permission - I am the administrator AND I
seldom use Internet Explorer.
How do I get rid of the icon?
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You are probably not *the* administrator, but a user with *some*
administrator privileges. Microsoft's terminology is confusing...

You might have to log on as *the* administrator to get rid of that.

Open a command prompt in Administrator mode and run this command:
net user Administrator /active:yes

Then you can switch user to *the* Administrator and fix the problem.

Later do this:
net user Administrator /active:no

to close that loophole until it's needed again.
 
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VanguardLH

Jim said:
A folder 'User Pinned' suddenly appeared in my Quick Launch toolbar. If I
try to delete it directly or by going back to the Interrnet Explorer folder
it tells me I need administrator permission - I am the administrator AND I
seldom use Internet Explorer.
How do I get rid of the icon?
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Perhaps already addressed in the disconnected same thread you started
in the 24hoursupport.helpdesk newsgroup. Probably due to your UAC
settings in Windows 7 although the Take Ownership tweak would probably
let you continue at the current UAC setting.
 
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Jim S

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