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You cannot remove Outlook Express you can only remove access to it. Outlook
uses Outlook Express as its newsreader anyway.
[[Note: While it may appear that Outlook 2003 does have newsgroup support,
when you launch the newsreader, it actually opens in an Outlook Express
window.]]
Not that your using OE as a newsreader anyway.
X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
[[Outlook 2002 uses Microsoft Outlook Express as a newsreader. When you
install this component, a News command is placed on the Go To command on the
View menu in Outlook.]]
How to use Outlook Express as a newsreader in Outlook 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287684
[[Outlook does not run without Outlook Express installed because Outlook
shares files with Outlook Express.]]
OL2002: Why Outlook 2002 Requires Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287686
[[Microsoft does not support the use of Outlook 2000 without Outlook Express
installed.
Outlook shares files with Outlook Express. If you install Outlook with the
Internet Mail Only (IMO) option, Outlook will not run without Outlook
Express installed. If you install Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup
(CW) option, Outlook loses much of its functionality.]]
Outlook 2000 requires Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;230076
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:49364998-D4D7-4F6A-BE80-C62EF725CE2E@microsoft.com,
z00618 <z00618@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I have used Outlook Express for email for some time. I have purchased
> Microsoft XP Office Pro, which includes Outlook. I would like to
> switch but I'm having trouble doing this. When I go to Control
> Panel, Add and Remove Programs there is no Outlook Express program
> listed to remove. Are there instructions available?