How do I uninstall only Microsoft Outlook?

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I am trying to put a synopsis on a website for criticism but nothing I do works. I have filled in the box for permitted websites but it always opens a new web page. It doesn't copy and paste and it doesn't drag and drop. I tried e-mail but every time Outlook comes up to tell me it's not working. I am desperate to get rid of it. All the microsoft programmes are difficult to use. I have removed all windows live because they're too complicated. Outlook is just a nuisance so I will try to remove it with the above instructions.

Leo, I tend to agree with you on this subject, just leave Outlook alone! You don't have to make Outlook your 'default' email source. I have Outlook on my PC and have had for many, many years. I simply ignore it, let the Outlook icon stay were it wants to and go about my own business using Outlook Express, setting it has my 'default email source.

Some things are better 'left alone' and Outlook is one of them.

I used to use Outlook Express but I have Vista now. At times I get a error message saying my old
smtp is not recognized. It makes little difference but is disturbing at times.

I have had my share of problems with Outlook. For some reason when my computer gets an update from Microsoft,outlook becomes my email for some reason. Therefore I need to go back to INTERNET explorer go to tolls and reset my windows XP back to Outlook Express. I do not know how to run Outlook. Has anyone have any Idea how to set this outlook express so that it stays there.Also were do I find the reply to this?

Each to his own but, for the life of me, I can't think why anyone would want to delete Outlook. Even in my mid-sixties, I couldn't live without it. It is set to auto-start when I boot up on a Monday morning and is the only program which remains running 24/5 until I shut down on a Friday evening.

I don't use outlook for the mail feature, however I use the contacts. It has a lot of blanks to fill. "Works" also seems to use the same contacts but it sorts them by the first name which is almost useless.

I, too, prefer "Outlook Express" to "Outlook." I have used a program called "Time and Chaos" for a contact manager for years and it suits my purposes better than "Outlook." I hate the fact that MS insists on making "Outlook" the default mail service every time there's an update, but at least they give you a button to restore OE to the preferred program when you open it. I thought I'd removed "Outlook" from my computer, but will use Leo's method of killing it to see if I can finally put an end to that annoyance.

I've got to like Outlook a lot over the years, from way back in the Office 97 days. I use it for personal and business email, for its Contact manager, for the Calendar, and I use Tasks to keep track of bills, etc. Good prog, IMO (and No, the cheque from Microsoft is NOT in the mail).

This program may help. I've used it in the pass. its called XPlite from http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html
Remove what Microsoft claims you can't. One warning; If you remove Outlook you may get an error message when starting up your computer/messenger about a missing file.

You have two choices here - ignor it or download a copy of the file and copy it to your Windows\sytem32 folder. Can't remeber the name right of but it might eve be on your Windows CD.

You can download missing .dll files from www.dlldump.com or www.dll-files.com
remember to unzip them first.

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I used OE for some years until I downloaded SP2 for Windows XP. All of a sudden I had Outlook and OE had disappeared. How can I get OE back? It doesn't seem to be on Microsoft's website

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