How to Uninstall Outlook Express

How to uninstall Outlook Express? Before we begin the uninstall of Outlook Express, we recommend you to back up all the data of Outlook Express account in your computer. It is easy to get rid of Outlook Express in the application list, but it is not so simple from the registry. You can do it manually or automatically.

Uninstalling Outlook Express 5.x manually

Step 1: Remove the installation
Learn how to uninstall Outlook Express 5.x

Step 2: Delete the registry key for Outlook Express 5.x:
Learn how to fix registry

The following registry information should be deleted if present:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WAB
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\
{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\
{7790769C-0471-11D2-AF11-00C04FA35D02}

To uninstall Outlook Express 5.0x & 6.X manually, do the same thing as uninstall Outlook Express 5.x.

It is not very convenient to uninstall Outlook Express manually. With Perfect Uninstaller, you can uninstall Outlook Express and remove all traces quickly, completely and automatically.

Here are how to uninstall Outlook Express with Perfect Uninstaller.

Step 1: Download and install Perfect Uninstaller.

Step 2: Boot you PC in safe mode.
Learn how to do it

Step 3: Open Perfect Uninstaller, and then click Special Uninstall to open the Special Uninstall Wizard as follows:

Step 4: Click Outlook Express(uninstall in safe mode), and then click Next.
Step 5: Click Next and then click Finish to completely uninstall Outlook Express.

How to Fix Registry

Caution: Backup your registry information first; it is easy to make your PC crash if you edit your registry list.

For Windows XP:

Step 1: In Windows XP, from Start, and then click on Run.
Step 2: Type “regedit”, then click on OK.

Step 3: Open the Registry Editor.

Step 4: Click on Export Registry.
Step 5: Select All option for backing up every key of registry.
Step 6: Give a destination file (say Regbackup) and save it on to the Desktop.
Step 7: You can easily navigate through the subkey if you know what you are looking for. Or, you can press Ctrl + F to locate the subkey that contains the value you want to edit. (F3 to Find Next)

Step 8: Under this key, there will be the subkeys (some may be absent, which is normal)
Step 9: Click on each Version key to find contents in the right-window pane.
Step 10: Delete all the sub-keys inside.
Step 11: From File menu, click exit.

For Windows Vista:

Step 1: From Start, then type regedit.

Step 2: Click on regedit on the search result to open the registry editor in Windows Vista.
Step 3: Steps are the same as Windows XP (see above).

Now you have been able to remove registry entries from your computer now.

How to Uninstall programs

Generally, you can use the Add/Remove Programs uninstall any software in your system. But you are not sure able to delete the traces of the uninstalled application which may activate the installation which makes your uninstall fail. And you can not notice the situation until your PC slows down or the application is found in your programs list again.

Note: If what you are trying to remove is anti-virus software, when you tried to install another anti-virus product, the failure of uninstall will cause problems. Of cause, you can remove the files you can see manually in all folders, yet problems may still exist, claiming that the anti- virus software is still in conflict. It means your registry needs to be edited and the former has to be removed from there.

You can seek for free online computer repair site and let them remote into your system and completely remove the software for you if you wish. But it is not safe to let others control your PC, especially you have top-secret files there. What’s more, editing registry key can be very complicated and highly risky. Please do NOT try this unless you are absolutely positive, or you might mess up the system. As always, it’s highly recommended that you do a backup of the registry (or whole system) before making any modifications. You can always refer to the uninstall help for details.

To avoide all the above troubles, uninstalling programs with professional uninstall software like Perfect Uninstaller is a good way for you.

The following are general steps for basic uninstall and Perfect Uninstaller.

General steps of basic uninstall:

 Part I. Remove the installed application

Step 1: From Start, and then click Control panel.

Step 2: Double-click Add or Remove programs, and then find out the application name.

Step 3: Click the Remove or change button, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

Step 4: Click Finish, and then you have removed the application from your system.

Part II. Remove the registry information

General steps of Perfect Uninstaller:

Perfect Uninstaller is guaranteed by Top shareware.com that it is 100% CLEAN. Not resource intensive. These applications will not impact the speed of your computer or the performance of other software applications running on your PC. It can find out the undesirable software installed in your system and completely remove them for you, with a few simple steps.

Part I. Basic steps to completely remove software

Step 1: Download the software.

Step 2: Install it (No delay during the installation)

Step 3: Run Perfect Uninstaller.

Step 4: Uninstall a program by double-clicking it in application list.

Step 5: Follow the on-screen instructions, and then click Finish to completely remove it.

Step 6: Refresh and check the application list.

Note: If you can not remove it with the basic steps, it means the software is a very stuck program, you can try the Force uninstall or Special Uninstall. You can see a long list of stubborn programs you can remove with Special Uninstall.

Part II. Force Uninstall

Step 1: Select the application

Step 2: Click Force Uninstall button Scanning the programme  to be removed: “__”or Scanning the programme path: “C:\program files \__”

Step 3: Click Next to Finish the uninstall.

Step 4: Check the list and you will find it gone.

Part III. Special Uninstall

Step 1: Click Special Uninstall button.

Step 2: Find out the stuck application name in the list.

Step 3: Finish a few steps following the on-screen instructions.

Step 4: You will be able to completely remove it in your system, including all the traces.

 

How to Uninstall Linux

If You are running windows and linux as dual boot for some reason you wanted to “uninstall” Linux, you could run any one of the following two methods (from under DOS or MS Windows):

Method 1

LOCK C:

FDISK /MBR

which will get rid of LILO–it overwrites the master boot record (MBR) of your first hard drive, where LILO resides. The “lock” command allows “raw” writing to disk, which is normally disallowed on more recent DOS versions as an antiviral measure. The problem with FDISK/MBR is that it does not report back any success or failure, so it is better to proceed it with the “lock” command. After this you can remove the Linux partitions using the DOS “FDISK” utility to re-claim the hard drive space.

Apparently, MS FDISK does not always cope with removing the Linux partitions. In this case, I may use linux fdisk. The simplest may be to boot from the Linux installation floppy/CD, and to remove the partition using the Linux partitioning tool when it pops up during the “installation” procedure. After that I abort the “installation” and Linux is gone.

If you still have problems, here are the ultimate solutions for zeroing the MBR

Note: The following advice will completely wipe your Master Boot Record (MBR), which contains all your partition information. DO NOT DO THIS unless you know that this is exactly the result you want – it will leave your hard drive in an unbootable state, in effect bringing it back to “factory-fresh”, i.e., empty of data and requiring partitioning and formatting.

Linux-based solution. If you can boot Linux – say via boot floppy – you can simply invoke “dd”:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

This fills up the MBR with zeros. Obviously, you have to be root to do this.

DOS-based solution . Boot with a DOS floppy that has “debug” on it; run

debug

At the ‘-’ prompt, “block-fill” a 512-byte chunk of memory with zeroes:

f 9000:0 200 0

Start assembly mode with the ‘a’ command, and enter the following code:

mov dx,9000
mov es,dx
xor bx,bx
mov cx,0001
mov dx,0080
mov ax,0301
int 13
int 20

Press to exit assembly mode, take a deep breath – and press “g” to execute, then “q” to quit “debug”. Your HD is now in a virgin state, and ready for partitioning and installation.

Method 2

Easiest way uninstall linux is probably from a Windows XP CD. Once you boot from the CD follow the instructions until you get to the part where you see all the partitions on your hard drive. You must delete all your linux partitions. The primary partitions you’ll probably see are

linux ext3, linux ext2, linux swap.

You should delete all these partitions to remove.

Boot from your Windows XP CD and after windows loads type r to get to the Recovery Console. Once you in the the Recovery Console you’ll probably be prompted to type the administrator user name and password.Put admin or administrator as the user name and nothing as the password and it usually works.

Now were in recovery console all we have to do is type

fixmbr

this command will re-write the Master Boot Record, therefore removing Grub.

Finished

Now just type shutdown -r this will restart the computer. Remove the Windows XP CD. Now when the computer starts you should be greeted with the all familiar Windows Startup Screen.

or you can use the following procedure

Boot up with your Windows XP disc.

Select the option Recovery Console.

At the prompt, type the following command

fdisk /mbr

Restart your computer.