i have never used any version of outlook and would like very much to
delete it from my computer and excise it fro my registry. any chance
there is a script floating around to do so?

sean
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On 7/8/2010 2:55 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message <i10s9f$f5q$(E-Mail Removed)>, sean nathan bean
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>> i have never used any version of outlook and would like very much to
>> delete it from my computer and excise it fro my registry. any chance
>> there is a script floating around to do so?
>>
>> sean
>
> If you really mean Outlook, it is part of Office; if you run the Office
> configuration/installation prog., it will let you change which bits of
> Office you have installed. At least, that's the case for Office 97 and
> Office 2003, I don't know for later ones.
>
> If you mean Outlook Express, you don't need a script:
>
> Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows
> Components (third down on the left), about three screenfuls down is
> Outlook Express. Untick (uncheck in USA) it ...
>
> I will admit I haven't tried it; though I don't use OE, I support one or
> two people who do, and I keep it installed to look at how to do things
> for them. And I'm running XP Home SP3 - I don't know if it's the same in
> other versions.

i had uninstalled Office several weeks ago.. then labelled the leftover
C:\workssetup folder... just to see if that gave me any trouble upon
reboot...

three days i ago i simply deleted the renamed workssetup folder

all is well...

now attempting to excise the remaining vestiges of outlook, frontpage
and other office/works crapola from my harddrive and registry...

sean



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On Jul 8, 10:55*pm, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <i10s9f$f5...@news.eternal-september.org>, sean nathan bean
>
> <sean.b...@wizard.is.invalid> writes:
> >i have never used any version of outlook and would like very much to
> >delete it from my computer and excise it fro my registry. any chance
> >there is a script floating around to do so?
>
> >sean
>
> If you really mean Outlook, it is part of Office; if you run the Office
> configuration/installation prog., it will let you change which bits of
> Office you have installed. At least, that's the case for Office 97 and
> Office 2003, I don't know for later ones.
>
> If you mean Outlook Express, you don't need a script:
>
> Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows
> Components (third down on the left), about three screenfuls down is
> Outlook Express. Untick (uncheck in USA) it ...
>
> I will admit I haven't tried it; though I don't use OE, I support one or
> two people who do, and I keep it installed to look at how to do things
> for them. And I'm running XP Home SP3 - I don't know if it's the same in
> other versions.
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
>
> "Refrain means don't do it. A refrain in music is the part you better nottry to
> sing." - unknown

FYI: Outlook Express can not truly be removed from XP. Outlook
Express has links to Internet Explorer which can never be completely
removed from XP. You can onlt normally remove the icons / links to
the OE.

On Jul 9, 11:24*pm, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6...@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In message
> <f074f23c-7725-4be6-bb3b-f22482b62...@t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>,smlunatick <yves...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> []
>
> >FYI: *Outlook Express can not truly be removed from XP. *Outlook
> >Express has links to Internet Explorer which can never be completely
> >removed from XP. *You can onlt normally remove the icons / links to
> >the OE.
>
> That doesn't surprise me!
>
> Unless XPlite can do it: I know it could be done (easily via 98lite
> which is from the same people, but I think anyway though with more
> difficulty) under '98 - at least, IE could be completely removed, so I
> expect OE ditto. But I don't know for XP.
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
>
> "One of my dearest memories is playing the leader of a gang of gay Hell's
> Angels
> thundering across the Golden Gate bridge on a motorbike in fog, wearing full
> Nazi regalia with a young man in a purple dress on the pillion petrified we'd
> crash into the bay." Christopher Lee (1997). ["It was in _The Serial_."]

IE is never really removed. XP needs the core of IE to run! You can
only remove the click-able icons / links.

On 7/8/2010 2:55 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message <i10s9f$f5q$(E-Mail Removed)>, sean nathan bean
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>> i have never used any version of outlook and would like very much to
>> delete it from my computer and excise it fro my registry. any chance
>> there is a script floating around to do so?
>>
>> sean
>
> If you really mean Outlook, it is part of Office; if you run the Office
> configuration/installation prog., it will let you change which bits of
> Office you have installed. At least, that's the case for Office 97 and
> Office 2003, I don't know for later ones.
>
> If you mean Outlook Express, you don't need a script:
>
> Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows
> Components (third down on the left), about three screenfuls down is
> Outlook Express. Untick (uncheck in USA) it ...
>
> I will admit I haven't tried it; though I don't use OE, I support one or
> two people who do, and I keep it installed to look at how to do things
> for them. And I'm running XP Home SP3 - I don't know if it's the same in
> other versions.

Outlook Express never had an Add/Remove on my machine... i've never ever
allowed it to install on any machine i've owned since first going online
back in 1994...

I rarely use IE... and don't really care if it quits working...

i've been editing out all references to Outlook, or Outlook Express from
my registry...

all's still working quite nicely...

sean



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.... Maturity is when you learn that everything is the fault of the
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On 7/16/2010 10:58 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

> Did you somehow prevent it installing when you installed Windows then?
>>
>> I rarely use IE... and don't really care if it quits working...
>
> (ditto)

other than its basic installation... i've never once clicked on any
iteration of outlook to configure it...


>> i've been editing out all references to Outlook, or Outlook Express
>> from my registry...
>
> including msimn.exe,

three instances remain on my drive;

C:\Program Files\Outlook Express
C:\Windows\I386
C:\Windows\Service Pack\I386

i'd like very much to just hit delete... but am right now wondering what
will happen if i rename msimn.exe as msimn.old in all three instances?

my registry still contains over 230 entries for Outlook...

never mind the never used WAB...

i'd really like to wipe those all out...


>> all's still working quite nicely...
>>
>> sean

KOW, other than exceptionally slow reboot times of 3 minutes...
everything works quickly and efficiently once the boot resolves...

sean

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On 7/19/2010 8:13 AM, sean nathan bean wrote:
> On 7/16/2010 10:58 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>
>> Did you somehow prevent it installing when you installed Windows then?
>>>
>>> I rarely use IE... and don't really care if it quits working...
>>
>> (ditto)
>
> other than its basic installation... i've never once clicked on any
> iteration of outlook to configure it...
>
>
>>> i've been editing out all references to Outlook, or Outlook Express
>>> from my registry...
>>
>> including msimn.exe,
>
> three instances remain on my drive;
>
> C:\Program Files\Outlook Express
> C:\Windows\I386
> C:\Windows\Service Pack\I386
>

i renamed all three of those to msimn.old

upon reboot, only the C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe was
recreated ...

now i just need to figure out which registry key causes that to be
recreated...

sean
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But the water has moved on.
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On 7/16/2010 10:58 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message <i1q1s8$pbo$(E-Mail Removed)>, sean nathan bean
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
> []
>> Outlook Express never had an Add/Remove on my machine... i've never
>> ever allowed it to install on any machine i've owned since first going
>> online back in 1994...
>
> Did you somehow prevent it installing when you installed Windows then?
>>
>> I rarely use IE... and don't really care if it quits working...
>
> (ditto)
>>
>> i've been editing out all references to Outlook, or Outlook Express
>> from my registry...
>
> including msimn.exe, which is what the OE executable is called? (By
> default, it's "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe", and starts
> in %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%.)
>>
>> all's still working quite nicely...
>>
>> sean

i just can't seem to figure out which registry key keeps recreating
msimn.exe