Could I somehow prevent MS outlook 2003 from making a shortcut in Quick Launch at first program run?
-Some kind of reg key?

create file clean.cmd on uaxp cd in "$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

file must contain:

del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\*.lnk"
del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\*.lnk"
del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop\*.lnk"
del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\*.lnk"
del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\*.lnk"
del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\*.lnk"
del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\*.lnk"

and all others to be deleted, so all shortcuts on desktop are deleted everytime you start your PC, i never had a cleaner desktop.

I'm sorry but that is not a good idea.

Appriciate your input though.

It seems to have something to do with this key
If you delete the key it recreates the link on program startup, trouble is the key seems to change with every install, I have uninstalled it 3 times and each time imported the previous values but a shortcut has still been created and the hex value has changed, could be related to time of install

@benners: Excellent research! This is what i'm looking for. Hmmm. anyone know how this info can be used?