Unpinning Office 2010 icons from taskbar after clean 2013 installation

Question

Ok so when installing Office 2013, Office 2010 programs get uninstalled. If the user had any Office 2010 icons on there taskbar though, they are still pinned to the taskbar and inactive. Is there a way to completely remove these icons? I created a .bat file
which goes into where the shortcuts are
(C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar). I watch as the shortcuts are removed from this area, but when I go to the taskbar the icons are still there. Clicking on them gives me a message that the item
has been moved, renamed, or deleted, and allows me to remove it manually. Is there a way through scripting or GPO or the registry to make the shortcuts and icons to be deleted without having to do this manually?

Answer 1

Hi,
Looks like clear out the TaskBar folder (%Appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar) can only make the taskbar item an unusable shortcut with no target. 
You might need to refer to some scripting to achieve this. Please take a look at this thread and see if it helps:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-us/07c56c20-3f56-4191-84c6-fc033f7a8f29/remove-default-pinned-items-from-taskbar-with-gpop
Also, for scripting related issues, you can post in our script forum for more experienced responses:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/home?forum=ITCG
Thanks,
Ethan Hua CHN
TechNet Community Support