Cannot uninstall Outlook Express 1

[gmail2]

Hi All

This seems like such a simple question ... yet I can't find the answer ! Normally I would remove Outlook Express in Add/Remove Windows Components when installing a server. However, I've just built a server now and installed all the latest updates from our WSUS Server, and I've noticed that Oulook Express is installed. However, it's not listed in Add/Remove Windows Components. I don't mean it's not checked ... I mean it's not actually there at all !!!!!

I don't recall ever coming across this problem before and google didn't seem to have much on it either. Does anybody have any ideas what's going on ?!?!

Thanks in advance

Irish Poetry - Karen O'Connor
Irish Poetry and Short Stories - Doghouse Books
Garten und Landschaftsbau

 

[rawle24]

What's the OS on the server?

 

[gmail2]

erm ... it's Server 2003 !!

Irish Poetry - Karen O'Connor
Irish Poetry and Short Stories - Doghouse Books
Garten und Landschaftsbau

 

[Zelandakh]

x64 or x86?

 

[gmail2]

It's x86 - SP2
Cheers

Irish Poetry - Karen O'Connor
Irish Poetry and Short Stories - Doghouse Books
Garten und Landschaftsbau

 

[gmail2]

Hi All

anybody have any ideas ? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Irish Poetry - Karen O'Connor
Irish Poetry and Short Stories - Doghouse Books
Garten und Landschaftsbau

 

[Lemon13]

edit the sysoc.inf file in windows/inf folder and remove the hide statement, it should look like
before
OEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,oeaccess.inf,hide,7
after
OEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,oeaccess.inf,,7

or use

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;222444&x=7&y=13

M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA

 

[gmail2]

Thanks for the reply Lemon13 - I never knew about that so that's good to know. It did unhide OE in the Windows Components section.

I had already tried the MS artile you posted above but it doesn't actually remove the executible. Even removing it from Add/Remove Windows Components doesn't remove it fully either. It only removes the exe, not the entire directory. And there are other copies of the exe in other locations ($NTServicePackUninstall$). Suppose I'll just have to delete them manually

Irish Poetry - Karen O'Connor
Irish Poetry and Short Stories - Doghouse Books
Garten und Landschaftsbau