# Outlook Express and Win XP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-and-win-xp/108309>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 10, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-and-win-xp/108309 "2002-05-10T16:44:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-and-win-xp/108309/1 "2002-05-10T16:44:50Z")

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Anyone know how to remove, kill or incapacitate Outlook Express and Windows Messaging in Windows XP Professional?

Deleted .EXE files in the outlook folder return, like Night Of The Lving Dead.

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**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlook-express-and-win-xp/108309/2 "2002-05-10T18:17:54Z")

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I don’t know how, or if it’s possible, to remove outlook express (Because I use it and never tried to find a way to remove it), but I do know how to remove MSN and other seemingly unremovable programs- [TweakXP.com](http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/display.asp?id=294)