Outlook Express keeps returning (W2K)

[dkane67]

I am in the process of developing images for Windows 2000 machines for my company. We are moving from Windows 95. I can setup the default user profile all I want, with usually excellent results. The one problem I still have is that Outlook Express (for IE 6.0) keeps popping up as a shortcut in the Quick Launch bar and the Start Menu when a new user logs on to the machine. This happens even if I've already removed it from the Default User profile.

I've found tweaks to disable it so that users cannot add new mail or new services, and I know I can't uninstall it completely. Not being able to add new mail services will do in a pinch, but it seems like there should be a way to make the program shortcut stop re-appearing with every new user to the machine.

Any thoughts?

[POBrien]

I don't have the answer at this time but you could delete the shortcut via the users login script.

something like

cd\
c:
cd [path to the user's desktop folder] (you can use the variable %username% for the applicable user)
del outloo~1.lnk

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