Outlook wants McAfee

viper110110 · 03-22-2008, 01:28 AM

a while ago, I bought a new laptop

when it first came (from dell) it had windows xp along with office outlook and McAffee antivirus

I know from experience that McAfee sucks, so I attempted to uninstall it to install avast

McAffee didn't want to be removed, so I deleted the files manually. I went in after to add or remove programs and they were removed from the list

now, whenever Outlook (not express) starts, it looks for 3 of the files from McAffee, then comes up with errors when they cannot be found. There is no issues with Outlook itsself, the messages are just annoying.

PC eye · 03-22-2008, 01:45 AM

You still have a few registry values for McAfee remaining the system registry itself. To manually track those down you would have to go through each hive in the registry itself best left for advanced users at their own risk there.

There is one retail registry tool where you specify McAfee for that to hunt down and remove all McAfee entries called Registry Crawler. But that's all it does since it lacks any automatic cleaner.

The one thing you can right away without any harm is type msconfig at the Run prompt and press enter to see the msconfig utility open up. You then check the selective startup option and go to the startup group and services tabs to look in each one for any McAfee items lingering there and simply uncheck to disable them.

When going into the services tab simply place a check mark in the "hide all microsoft services" box to avoid accidently disabling any essential services needed for Windows to run. Anything can easily be re-enabled later if you make any mistakes.

For a quick registry tool that scans the registry and then offers a repair now option give Eusing a try. http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_...ry_cleaner.htm

That is definitely an upgrade from the RegCleaner as far as the automatic cleaner is concerned while RegCleaner offers some more options like displaying all main keys for all non MS programs installed in the main window you see first. http://www.dewassoc.com/support/useful/regcleaner.htm

The last item to mention would be Regseeker. If you know the exact name of a registry value the next freeware will simply remove that for you without opening the regedit registry editor up. But it's only good for one reg key or even removing one driver out of the system32 folder in Windows. http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

SirKenin · 03-22-2008, 04:09 AM

If you have Outlook 2007, delete extend.dat from your %appdata% folder.

If you have a previous version you can go to Tools > Options > Other > Advanced. There you will find COM Add-ins and Add-ins Manager, where you can disable Add-ins that are giving problems.

viper110110 · 03-23-2008, 03:09 AM

its 2003

and I tried the thing in msconfig, however it didnt work

its actually my grandma's, so I cant do nething now

g25racer · 03-23-2008, 04:06 AM

Are you saying msconfig wouldnt open? If so, then the pc has some serious problems.

SirKenin · 03-23-2008, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viper110110

its 2003

and I tried the thing in msconfig, however it didnt work

its actually my grandma's, so I cant do nething now

That would probably be because the registry has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Outlook is looking for the Mcafee plugins for email virus scanning.. Those are in the add-in manager.

**ceewi1** · 03-24-2008, 04:30 AM

I would also run the McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool. Deleting McAfee's folder in Program Files will not have completely removed the program.

viper110110 · 03-24-2008, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ceewi1

I would also run the McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool. Deleting McAfee's folder in Program Files will not have completely removed the program.

yea i was iffy about that, but then it seemed to work ok

im back on it now so I will try the add ins manager thingy

viper110110 · 03-24-2008, 04:15 PM

Woohoo Fixed! :d

SirKenin · 03-24-2008, 04:47 PM

Mcafee add ins causing grief?

03-22-2008, 01:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
viper110110 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 42	Outlook wants McAfee a while ago, I bought a new laptop when it first came (from dell) it had windows xp along with office outlook and McAffee antivirus I know from experience that McAfee sucks, so I attempted to uninstall it to install avast McAffee didn't want to be removed, so I deleted the files manually. I went in after to add or remove programs and they were removed from the list now, whenever Outlook (not express) starts, it looks for 3 of the files from McAffee, then comes up with errors when they cannot be found. There is no issues with Outlook itsself, the messages are just annoying. __________________ c2d @ 2.13 ghz GeForce MX 4000 oc'd to 400mhz from 250 1 gb DDR Maxtor IDE 120 gb/Maxtor IDE 20 gb Plans: 4 gb DDRII GeForce 8800 GT

03-22-2008, 01:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	You still have a few registry values for McAfee remaining the system registry itself. To manually track those down you would have to go through each hive in the registry itself best left for advanced users at their own risk there. There is one retail registry tool where you specify McAfee for that to hunt down and remove all McAfee entries called Registry Crawler. But that's all it does since it lacks any automatic cleaner. The one thing you can right away without any harm is type msconfig at the Run prompt and press enter to see the msconfig utility open up. You then check the selective startup option and go to the startup group and services tabs to look in each one for any McAfee items lingering there and simply uncheck to disable them. When going into the services tab simply place a check mark in the "hide all microsoft services" box to avoid accidently disabling any essential services needed for Windows to run. Anything can easily be re-enabled later if you make any mistakes. For a quick registry tool that scans the registry and then offers a repair now option give Eusing a try. http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_...ry_cleaner.htm That is definitely an upgrade from the RegCleaner as far as the automatic cleaner is concerned while RegCleaner offers some more options like displaying all main keys for all non MS programs installed in the main window you see first. http://www.dewassoc.com/support/useful/regcleaner.htm The last item to mention would be Regseeker. If you know the exact name of a registry value the next freeware will simply remove that for you without opening the regedit registry editor up. But it's only good for one reg key or even removing one driver out of the system32 folder in Windows. http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

03-23-2008, 03:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
viper110110 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 42	its 2003 and I tried the thing in msconfig, however it didnt work its actually my grandma's, so I cant do nething now __________________ c2d @ 2.13 ghz GeForce MX 4000 oc'd to 400mhz from 250 1 gb DDR Maxtor IDE 120 gb/Maxtor IDE 20 gb Plans: 4 gb DDRII GeForce 8800 GT

03-23-2008, 04:06 AM	#5 (permalink)
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03-24-2008, 04:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
ceewi1 Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 5,280	I would also run the McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool. Deleting McAfee's folder in Program Files will not have completely removed the program. __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 / MOBO: Gigabyte 965P-DS3 / GPU: Gigabyte HD4870 RAM: 2GB G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK / HDD: 2TB Total HDD / PSU: Antec NeoPower 480W Cheap PSUs - 2% of system costs, responsible for 28% of system deaths As Sealed Stick was removed, lost or damaged, it shall be out of warranty validity. - The "Warranty void if removed" sticker on numerous CoolerMaster PSUs. Useful PSU Guides

03-22-2008, 04:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	If you have Outlook 2007, delete extend.dat from your %appdata% folder. If you have a previous version you can go to Tools > Options > Other > Advanced. There you will find COM Add-ins and Add-ins Manager, where you can disable Add-ins that are giving problems.

03-24-2008, 04:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
viper110110 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 42	Woohoo Fixed! :d __________________ c2d @ 2.13 ghz GeForce MX 4000 oc'd to 400mhz from 250 1 gb DDR Maxtor IDE 120 gb/Maxtor IDE 20 gb Plans: 4 gb DDRII GeForce 8800 GT

03-24-2008, 04:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
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