Re: uninstall problem : Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (823353)
From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/16/04
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:31:08 -0400
Download the attached .vbs file fix (good for all OSS) and save it to your
hard drive. (You may want to right click and use Save Target As)
Double-click the vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done.
After your first Save To, the location you chose will be remembered. This
fix can "wear out" depending on your usage of Save To so you may need to use
it again, unless the fix comes out first.
Also available at...
.vbs - http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/oesaveas_all.vbs
.exe* - http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/XP_OESaveAttPath.exe
Set the "Save Attachment" Default in OE (Line 242)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
*Note: for 9x systems, and possibly Win2K, you need the VB6 runtimes
installed to use the EXE version.
-- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP Are You Ready for WinXP SP2? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2 What You Should Know About Spyware http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx AumHa Forums http://forum.aumha.org Hornytoad wrote: > hi, > > > First tell us exactly what you want. > fair enough, i want outlook express to stop forgetting the last folder > used for my saved attachments. > > Here's what i mean, i receive 2 or 3 attachments in a message, i click > the paper clip, "save all attachments...", browse to the right folder, > then save. so far so good. > > i repeat for another message, it goes back to "my documents" instead > of the last used folder. very frustrating when you have more than 10 > messages you want to save. > > one note: when i right click on the attachment itself (image) in the > message, and save it, that works fine between messages. But only for > that type of save, not the one from the paperclip for "all > attachments". > > So i wanted to try and remove any OE updates/hotfix, however every > message i found here either does not name any hotfix specifically or > if it does, i don't have it in my add/remove software CP applet since > i installed SP1 right after reinstalling windows a month ago, i can't > remove any hotfix for OE that is included in SP1, so the only one left > is the one i spoke of in my original message below. > > so now i'm stuck with this uninstall-patch prompt at each session > openning of each user on this puter. > > that is until they click yes, but you see the way its written on the > popup window, it doesn't say if i'll loose my messages, rules and > such, it just says my personnalisations for outlook express, wich if > you think about it, could very well mean identities, filters, > accounts, Message folders, etc. > > However, the prompt itself is wrongly worded since if i click yes, i > don't loose anything, except the prompt itself, lol. i guess some > newbie microsoft programmer wrote that one lol. > > Usually the removal of the patches doesn't involve us, it just removes > the patch, then reboot and finishes its cleaning silently, never to > bother us again. > > > to the offer to remove them but I think that you might keep getting > > the prompt on each reboot until you finally did reinstall OE. > exactly, it comes back if you click no, plus slows down the user's > session openning, and it is a per user setting. > > each user on this machine gets asked this question until they select > yes instead of no. > > > FWIW I have never investigated trying to remove the prompt and not > > reinstalling or even really tried to find out how long it persists. > i've just created a test user and it doesn't ask the question, so that > is a relief. > > as for reinstalling the hotfix, just use windows update, it'll be in > the criticals. > > > One thing I would look at now though is how usable the product is > > if you don't reinstall it after using the RegEdit step. > it works fine, it just rollsback the version number from 1128 to 1123, > and with that, any fixes it had with that patch (at this point i > "suppose" it does that, who knows anymore, lol). > > But still, this bug in the OE hotfix about going back to "my > documents" each time, is a pest, i know its a bug in programming that > removes the last letter of the save folder so OE doesn't find it, and > its not really practical for me to use the tip about changing my > default save folder, i could, but it wouldn't fix the problem > permanently. > > i just hope SP2 does have a fix for that bug and it comes out very > soon. > > thanks for the assist, > HT > > On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:43:03 -0400, "Robert Aldwinckle" > <robald@techemail.com> wrote: > > > "Hornytoad" <nospam@here.com> wrote in message > > news:3g2ah0ttgq9a9e2v3jrrjfo4phukva0htv@4ax.com... > > > hi, > > > > > > i'm having a problem after i uninstalled > > > Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-018 > > > Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (823353) > > > > > > after i restart the puter, it always asks me if i want to remove my > > > personalized settings for OE. > > > > > > how can i get rid of that message ? > > > > First tell us exactly what you want. > > > > That's probably the message that you get if you don't immediately > > reinstall IE or OE after using the RegEdit instructions under KB318378 > > Method 2 and do a reboot first. > > > > So, I think it could mean that you should be trying to reinstall the > > update. We'll ignore the question of why your uninstall of the patched > > modules > > would not have restored previous versions of them. > > > > Otherwise it could be as if you don't want to reinstall OE but you do > > want to keep your personalized settings. (Why?) Then you would > > reply No > > to the offer to remove them but I think that you might keep getting > > the prompt on each reboot until you finally did reinstall OE. > > > > FWIW I have never investigated trying to remove the prompt and not > > reinstalling or even really tried to find out how long it persists. > > It never occurred to me as a "problem" to look at. > > One thing I would look at now though is how usable the product is > > if you don't reinstall it after using the RegEdit step. > > E.g. I don't think that anything actually gets deleted by it > > (otherwise it might be difficult for IE users to connect to WU!) > > > > Then I think it would be interesting to know whether you can just change > > your mind about reinstalling it and restore the registry value as if > > you had never tried to do anything about it in the first place. > > (Though this does present the interesting question of what effect > > replying Yes to the prompt and then "changing your mind" would have. > > Perhaps we have inadvertently discovered a new reinitialization > > "feechur"?) > > > > So, if OE works for you and what shows in its Help, About command > > makes sense in view of your uninstall and previous maintenance history > > (e.g. in terms of module versions) and you don't want to reinstall the > > latest cumulative update perhaps all you need to do to get rid of the > > prompt > > is change that IsInstalled value back to 1. > > > > > > Good luck > > > > Robert Aldwinckle > > --- > > > > > > > (no problem to go in the regs if need be.) > > > > > > also what would happen if i clicked yes instead of no, would i loose > > > all my rules and accounts and inbox messages ? > > > > > > HT
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