Re: Completely Removing Outlook, Windows Media Player, Frontpage, etc.

From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:06:45 +0100

Pikachu wrote:

>Well, these don't show up in Add/Remove Programs and the computer won't let me delete the folders and files associated
>with these programs. I don't have any need for these programs and I don't want them. How do I get rid of them?

Outlook and Front Page are components of Microsoft Office - run its
Setup to remove them.

Outlook *Express* and WMP are integrated to the system. OE is not worth
bothering about - just don't use it if you do not want to. WMP is best
avoided by getting some alternative to take on the associations for all
file types concerned. If you empty out the Skins, Visualisations and
Installer folders under Program FIles\Windows Media Player there is not
that much left, but I was told in relation to an earlier version that
removing dll files might impact other facilities that are not obviously
related 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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