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Need help finding a script that will remove outlook express from Windows XP

Need help finding a script that will remove Outlook Express from Windows XP
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Not sure if you have a specific reason for asking a "script"...
But you could remove it from Add/remove programs ... Windows Components ..
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Ya I'm building a login script to remove it from all our systems.
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To remove just Outlook Express, create a text file that contains:

[Components]
OEAccess = off

then use the following command:

sysocmgr.exe /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:{file}.txt /q /r

Note: I usually remove games and messenger also. Here is what my entire text file looks like:

[Components]
Freecell = off
Hearts = off
ZoneGames = off
Minesweeper = off
Solitaire = off
Spider = off
Pinball = off
Games = Off
msnexplr = off
msmsgs = off
OEAccess = off
eocslo this is dated 2007
Funny though 4 years later windows 7 comes along and doesnt have any email client