Deleting in XP. . .
Monday, December 1, 2003 by Stupendous Man | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I finally made the jump to XP Pro and what I have always done is go and uninstall or delete various programs that I KNOW I won't be using--this goes back to the days of small hard drives.
Anyways I found that whenever I tried to remove a program XP would give me a message indicating that someone else was using that prog and reinstall it.
I wanna remove Messenger, Outlook, Movie Maker and a few others. Any one have some tip, ideas, suggestions for me. Thanks in advance.
Anyways I found that whenever I tried to remove a program XP would give me a message indicating that someone else was using that prog and reinstall it.
I wanna remove Messenger, Outlook, Movie Maker and a few others. Any one have some tip, ideas, suggestions for me. Thanks in advance.
IPlural
Reply #3 Tuesday, December 2, 2003 2:04 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, December 2, 2003 2:04 PM
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Reply #1 Monday, December 1, 2003 6:33 PM
I know it at least has a command line method to remove messenger.
Also, go into your Windows\INF directory and look for "sysoc.inf". Edit that file with your favorite text editor and remove all the "HIDE" comments (and leave the commas)". You can then remove these previously hidden windows components by control panel > Add/Remove Programs > Windows Components.