Can no longer rename folders in Launchpad

When I first installed Lion, I could rename folders I made in Launchpad just fine. Since updating to 10.7.1 I can no longer rename folders. Is anyone else having this problem?

Click on the folder to open it, then click on the name (in the top left) to edit the name.
It sometimes happens that there is no response to a click on the name of the folder, if that happens, open Activity Monitor and Quit the "Dock" process. It will restart automatically within a second.
After that, try to rename the folder again, it should work.

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Click on the folder to open it, then click on the name (in the top left) to edit the name.
It sometimes happens that there is no response to a click on the name of the folder, if that happens, open Activity Monitor and Quit the "Dock" process. It will restart automatically within a second.
After that, try to rename the folder again, it should work.

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Cant rename folders in Launchpad I i have tried double clicking and waiting for them to wobble. Nothing.

From another discussion: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189625?start=15&tstart=0
etresoft wrote:
First try to create a new account and see if you have the same problem there. If not, it is likely just a preferences problem. First try quitting the Dock from Activity Monitor. It should start right back up again. If that doesn't fix it, go into ~/Library/Application Support/Dock and delete all the DB files. You should probably quit the Dock again or, even better, log out and back in.
You will have to type ⌘ G in the Finder and type "~/Library/Application Support/Dock" to get to that folder. Bummer Apple, it sure didn't take long to have to unhide the Library foolder, eh?
This has worked for others who had the same problem.

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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.
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HI - I've seen various comments on how to do this. I've tried to go into the folder, double click on the name (normally untitled) but it won't allow me to rename.
Anyone know how you rename folders in launchpad ?

First try to create a new account and see if you have the same problem there. If not, it is likely just a preferences problem. First try quitting the Dock from Activity Monitor. It should start right back up again. If that doesn't fix it, go into ~/Library/Application Support/Dock and delete all the DB files. You should probably quit the Dock again or, even better, log out and back in.
You will have to type ⌘ G in the Finder and type "~/Library/Application Support/Dock" to get to that folder. Bummer Apple, it sure didn't take long to have to unhide the Library foolder, eh?

I can't rename folders in Launchpad anymore

I'm running OS 10.7.3
When I first installed, I could rename folders (I know how to do this).
Now, I can no longer change the folder names.
I searched these discussion topics and found some posts about quitting the Dock process and trashing Dock prefs. I've done all these but there's still no success.
Any ideas...?

PS:
I searched some more and found a pref pane called Launchpad Control that was helpful:
http://chaosspace.de/launchpad-control/
I find it disturbing though that the functionality has disappeared in the Finder. Hopefully this bug can be fixed in 10.7.4

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https://discussions.apple.com/message/20971272#20971272

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how do I fix it?
The cause is a bug. The solution is to upgrade to 10.5.
But meanwhile, you will have to restart Finder.
The simplest way to quit Finder is to press the option key while right-clicking on the Finder icon in the Dock, and choose the Relaunch menu item.
Read here for more about restarting Finder.
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I have tried to create an additional folder for my bookmarked items and there seems to be no way to do so. Also there seems to be many changes that were unnecessary. Change just for the sake of change is not good without improvements.

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