I tried everything suggested; nothing worked. Also used an Ubuntu boot disk to delete the folder. It came back. I see several registry entries for the folder but I'm afraid to delete them, as they...

It is on my desktop. I had tried everything you suggested. I can temporarily delete it but it then reappears. This is Win10 protecting the Start Menu -- normally a good thing.

You say that you...

I copied the (highly configured) start menu folder from an old computer to a new computer.

After using this folder to help configure the new computer I want to delete it. Win10 won't let me.:(
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