Outlook Express
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Revision as of 06:24, 8 September 2010 by Peterhoeg (Talk | contribs) (Proper WPKG package definition for uninstalling OE)
Removing access to Outlook Express
If you want to remove access to OE, simply alter these registry entries:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Outlook Express\InstallInfo]
"IconsVisible"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\>{881dd1c5-3dcf-431b-b061-f3f88e8be88a}]
"IsInstalled"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Oc Manager\Subcomponents]
"oeaccess"=dword:00000000
Sometimes a disconnect/reconnect is needed to really have the OE icon disappear.
Uninstalling Outlook Express
The above just hides OE. To remove it, use the procedure How to manually remove and reinstall Outlook Express. (Maybe someone can post a batch file?)
Alternatively this package should do the trick:
<package id="uninstall-oe" name="Outlook Express Uninstall" revision="2" execute="once"> <install cmd='%COMSPEC% /c IF EXIST %windir%\INF\oeaccess.inf RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\oeaccess.inf,UninstallOE' /> </package>
You can find more here: http://github.com/peterhoeg/wpkg/blob/master/msoffice.xml