Attemping to remove Outlook Express from XP

[Andrex]

Have someone noticed that it is IMPOSSIBLE to remove Outlook Express from WinXP??  If you delete all files in that folder (even when DELETING and not sending to recycle bin), after 10 seconds all files will be MAGICALLY RESTORED.

The only thing missing is a message "YOu are trying to delete Outlook. What where you THINKING?"

[Laukev7]

It's TRUE!   :eek:  

Seriously, though, it's part of a security mechanism to keep users from deleting important system files. Why Microsoft considers Outlook 'important' is beyond me, though.

[mobrien_12]

quote:Originally posted by Andrex:
Have someone noticed that it is IMPOSSIBLE to remove Outlook Express from WinXP??  If you delete all files in that folder (even when DELETING and not sending to recycle bin), after 10 seconds all files will be MAGICALLY RESTORED.

The only thing missing is a message "YOu are trying to delete Outlook. What where you THINKING?"

I got fed up trying to remove it from Win2000.  It just kept coming back, although not within 10 seconds.  

Eventually I just resigned myself to the fact that  MS will force you to have it on their OS, and changed the permissions so nobody could run it.

[jasonlane]

Outlook is a legitimate viral propogation software. So called coz I don't classify what M$ churns out as software.

[mc0282]

what i did  is  i deleted  dllcached  the is hidden and then i took off the the file protection crap, and few tweak in the registry and outlook was gone.