New admin settings

I have set up my two daughters on my MBP, Mountain Lion
I have given them both Admin settings when I entered them.
When I log either of them in, the aplications folder isnt showing, I cannot right click an app on the dock and remove an app from the dock.
when I open up safari, I can not right click to customise the toolbar.
I have restarted the MBP, I wave selected the MBP to default to start on my account, and then choose logoff and log on to the other two accounts.
Thanks for any help

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1876?viewlocale=en_US
This procedure seems correct as far as to go. The author assumes that the GUID and UID are the same. You need to verify this.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16620
I am not sure this procedure is what you need.
I'm not clear on what to rename though. Do I want to rename the new administrator account with the old user name or rename the old user name with the new admin name?
There seems to be two ways to proceed.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824
This is tricky stuff.
You need to change these things:
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2) All of your files & folders
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Your best bet is to change to a high number like 5464 on all of your accounts.
On Mac OS, there are a few files that have the old uid as part of their names. The .Trashes file will be on your removal media and maybe everywhere.
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cd /Applications
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id
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#And you need to do this from an administrator id.
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I exchanged the Airport Extreme n for a new one, factory re-set everything countless times and no luck.
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