How do I reset Launchpad in Mavericks?

I've used the Terminal trick for deleting the DB and then restarting the Dock. It doesn't work. I still have the same folders and organization as before. I want to do a complete reset of Launchpad. I want the OS to repopulate Launchpad as if it were a pristine system.
Again, the Terminal command is NOT working. That is, the solution presented at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3266017 does NOT reset Launchpad. Not even a little bit, at all. Absolutely no change.
Any ideas?

This procedure will reset the state of LaunchPad to its default. Any customization that you did will be removed.
Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Application Support/Dock
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Open
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open. Inside it are one or more files with long names ending in ".db". Move those files to the Desktop, leaving the folder open. Log out, log back in, and test. If there's no change, put the files you moved back where they were, overwriting the ones that may have been created in their place. Then log out and in again. Otherwise, delete the files you moved.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combinationcommand-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

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