Removing Unwanted Folders?

[Big Rich Soprano]

Has anyone been successful in removing unwanted folders? I'm referring
to folders like:

C:\Program Files\...

Internet Explorer (yah yah i know...)
microsoft frontpage
movie maker
MSN Gaming Zone
NetMeeting
outlook express
xerox

C:\Documents and Settings\...

ANYTHING!

I'm attempting to make a "crap free" install of XP using nLite. Any
and all ideas / help will be considered. Thanks... Rich

 

[Stan Brown]

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:26:35 GMT from Big Rich Soprano

Has anyone been successful in removing unwanted folders? I'm referring
to folders like:

C:\Program Files\...

Internet Explorer (yah yah i know...)
microsoft frontpage
movie maker
MSN Gaming Zone
NetMeeting
outlook express
xerox

Some or all of those are "system critical files", according to
Microsoft, so you can delete them but they come right back, like a
dog to its vomit.

It stretches my credulity pretty far to believe that MSN Gaming Zone
is essential to the functioning of my computer.

 

[Big Rich Soprano]

Some or all of those are "system critical files", according to

Microsoft, so you can delete them but they come right back, like a
dog to its vomit.

Yah i know but i figured someone here must have figured out a registry
hack or setup file hack that would make these annoyances go away.
Thanks anyway!

It stretches my credulity pretty far to believe that MSN Gaming Zone
is essential to the functioning of my computer.

Umm... right...

 

[nikola66]

Has anyone been successful in removing unwanted folders? I'm referring
to folders like:

C:\Program Files\...

Internet Explorer (yah yah i know...)
microsoft frontpage
movie maker
MSN Gaming Zone
NetMeeting
outlook express
xerox

C:\Documents and Settings\...

ANYTHING!

I'm attempting to make a "crap free" install of XP using nLite. Any
and all ideas / help will be considered. Thanks... Rich

Try removing them as "Windows Components" ....
Control Panel> Add/Remove Programs> Add/Remove Components (from the
left vertical bar).
Then uncheck any Component (additional program) like Outlookexpress,
MSN Gaming....... Then click next to continue with the wizard.....

 

[Big Rich Soprano]

Try removing them as "Windows Components" ....

Control Panel> Add/Remove Programs> Add/Remove Components (from the
left vertical bar).
Then uncheck any Component (additional program) like Outlookexpress,
MSN Gaming....... Then click next to continue with the wizard.....

Ok Neo, i did try that after i removed the word hide from one of the
other files. No joy. I know this is trivial but i try to keep a non
cluttered harddrive and if the folder isn't used it's outta here...
Thanks for the help Neo!