Ability to rename folders in Launchpad in Mountain Lion Seems to be broken. Is there a fix?

Ability to rename folders in Launchpad in Mountain Lion Seems to be broken. Is there a fix?

YouWinSomeYouLoseSome wrote:
you still cannot rename folders.
I can... you cannot. I'm not sure why. It will not work on an app icon.
Are you sure you're doing this on a Folder?
Perhaps it is a function of Finder. You can try deleting Finder prefs to default.
Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences folder and trash these files:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
Then, restart, or log out and in again.
(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.) 

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