How do I remove Outlook Express from Windows 2000 (or acce..

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Egil Hansen wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm in the middle of setting up a unattended RIS installation of Windows
> 2000 SP4, and I need to remove access to OE. I don't really want to
> remove it completely, since some components of OE is used by other
> programs to read news groups if I'm not mistaking. But I would very much
> like to remove access to OE from the Start Menu, the Quicklaunch bar and
> the desktop.
>
> According to this tech net paper, it should be a simple matter of using
> the switch OEAccess = Off in my [Components] section in my .sif file,
> but that does'nt work.
>
> I've also tried the more drastic approach, and deleted this reg key
> (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
> Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}\StubPath) which should
> have the same effect, but that didn't work either.
>
> I've been unable to figure out if its the AD and some group policy that
> forces the creation of the OE icons, but I find it unlikely.
>
> I've been able to remove the access to OE by entering the uninstalling
> OE from Add/remove Programs -> Windows components. If thats the only
> way, how do I automate that task. I bet there is a command I can run,
> that'll do the trick.
>
> Best regards,
> Egil Hansen

It seems that installing IE6.1 during installation overwrites the
OEAccess = Off, so now I just need a way to remove OE AFTER IE6.1
installation.