How to get rid of Outlook Express ?

[Rob Stow]

I'm trying to remove OE from some old systems that were recently upgraded
from NT to W2K Pro.

I have theoretically uninstalled OE via Control Panel|Add/Remove Programs,
but the damned thing refuses to go away. A million registry entries are
left behind. As is an OE subfolder of Program Files with a dozen files taking
up 4 MB - and any user who stumbles on them can still run the supposedly
uninstalled OE from that folder.

I have tried deleting all of those files, but the damned things come
back five seconds later. What the heck kind of bullshit stunt is
MicroSoft pulling ? This happens even if I delete every reference to
any of those files from the registry.

Giving MicroSoft's long history of failing to make OE secure, I
really would appreciate any help I can get in getting rid of this crapware.

 

[Chazz]

Geez! Lighten up on the keyboard - you've actually come to
Microsoft (read the information in your address bar...)to
ask for HELP with the attached ATTITUDE? Don't be
surprised if this is the only response you get.

Chazz
Be Clear in Your Message: GOD Listens,

 

[Mark]

You should be able to go into your Group Policy and deny
access to anyone running the OE executable file.
Obviously it doesn't completely fix your issue with not
being able to delete the files entirely, but explicitly
denying the use of that EXE file should do the trick.

 

[Rob Stow]

Geez! Lighten up on the keyboard - you've actually come to
Microsoft (read the information in your address bar...)to
ask for HELP with the attached ATTITUDE? Don't be
surprised if this is the only response you get.

I didn't come to MicroSoft for help - I came to the
users of this newsgroup because MicroSoft has been no
help. Trying dealing with MicroSoft about removing
security holes like OE for a few days and then tell
me you wouldn't also be very frustrated.

 

[David]

Did you have a look at:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 263837
OLEXP: How to Manually Remove and Reinstall Outlook Express in Windows 2000

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Outlook Express, like Internet Explorer, cannot be removed from
those operating systems (Win2K and WinXP, in particular) with which it
is included as an integral component.

Bruce Chambers
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having both at once. -- RAH

 

[Rob Stow]

Greetings --

Outlook Express, like Internet Explorer, cannot be removed from
those operating systems (Win2K and WinXP, in particular) with which it
is included as an integral component.

Over the past three months this place just went from Linux to
NT4 to W2K, and now I guess it is going to have to go back to
Linux simply for security reasons. Their security policy
includes no IE and no OE because they have been badly burned
in the past by MicroSoft's long history of leaky internet software.

I tried to convince them before the switch to W2K that it would
be difficult, if not impossible, to get rid of IE and OE, but
a "consultant" told them otherwise and they chose to believe him.

NT does allow them to get rid of security holes like IE and OE,
but unfortunately some of their Linux apps had no NT-compatible
equivalents.

Going back to Linux will make all of their users happy too.
Only the new "office manager" liked Windows 2000 better.
Everyone else was happy with the software they ran on Linux
and resented having to learn how to use the Windows equivalents
of all their apps. Amazingly enough that was in spite of
the fact that all of the employees I have talked to use
Windows at home even though they like Linux at the office.