diff --git a/admin/inc/class.admin_categories.inc.php b/admin/inc/class.admin_categories.inc.php
index 896f455854..5b457e330f 100644
--- a/admin/inc/class.admin_categories.inc.php
+++ b/admin/inc/class.admin_categories.inc.php
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ class admin_categories
 		$rows['appname'] = $query['appname'];
 		$rows['edit_link'] = $this->edit_link;
 
+		// disable access column for global categories
+		if ($GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'] == 'admin') $rows['no_access'] = true;
+
 		$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['app_header'] = lang($this->appname).' - '.lang('categories').
 			($query['appname'] != categories::GLOBAL_APPNAME ? ': '.lang($query['appname']) : '');
 
@@ -384,6 +387,7 @@ class admin_categories
 	public function index(array $content=null,$msg='')
 	{
 		//_debug_array($_GET);
+		if ($this->appname != 'admin') translation::add_app('admin');	// need admin translations
 
 		if(!isset($content))
 		{
@@ -403,7 +407,6 @@ class admin_categories
 			{
 				$content['nm'] = array(
 					'get_rows'       =>	$this->get_rows,	// I  method/callback to request the data for the rows eg. 'notes.bo.get_rows'
-					'no_filter'      => ($appname == categories::GLOBAL_APPNAME),// Can't have personal categories in global
 					'options-filter' => array(
 						'' => lang('All categories'),
 						categories::GLOBAL_ACCOUNT => lang('Global categories'),
@@ -432,6 +435,8 @@ class admin_categories
 			}
 			$content['nm']['appname'] = $appname = $_GET['appname'] ? $_GET['appname'] : $appname;
 			$content['nm']['actions'] = $this->get_actions($appname);
+			// switch filter off for application global cats too, not only for super-global ones
+			$content['nm']['no_filter'] = $GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'] == 'admin';
 
 			$content['nm']['global_cats'] = true;
 			if (isset($_GET['global_cats']) && empty($_GET['global_cats'] ))
diff --git a/admin/setup/etemplates.inc.php b/admin/setup/etemplates.inc.php
index 8526af5385..72aeeadf13 100644
--- a/admin/setup/etemplates.inc.php
+++ b/admin/setup/etemplates.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /**
  * EGroupware - eTemplates for Application admin
  * http://www.egroupware.org
- * generated by soetemplate::dump4setup() 2012-02-15 10:30
+ * generated by soetemplate::dump4setup() 2012-02-15 11:24
  *
  * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL - GNU General Public License
  * @package admin
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ $templ_data[] = array('name' => 'admin.categories.index','template' => '','lang'
 	width: 100%
 }','modified' => '1310572522',);
 
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 $templ_data[] = array('name' => 'admin.cmds','template' => '','lang' => '','group' => '0','version' => '1.5.001','data' => 'a:1:{i:0;a:6:{s:4:"type";s:4:"grid";s:4:"data";a:2:{i:0;a:0:{}i:1;a:1:{s:1:"A";a:3:{s:4:"type";s:9:"nextmatch";s:4:"size";s:15:"admin.cmds.rows";s:4:"name";s:2:"nm";}}}s:4:"rows";i:1;s:4:"cols";i:1;s:4:"size";s:4:"100%";s:7:"options";a:1:{i:0;s:4:"100%";}}}','size' => '100%','style' => '','modified' => '1195518120',);
 
diff --git a/admin/templates/default/categories.index.xet b/admin/templates/default/categories.index.xet
index 5d98b993c0..83766632e7 100644
--- a/admin/templates/default/categories.index.xet
+++ b/admin/templates/default/categories.index.xet
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 				<column/>
 				<column/>
 				<column/>
-				<column/>
+				<column disabled="@no_access"/>
 				<column width="40"/>
 				<column width="80"/>
 				<column/>