Prevent MS Outlook 2003 from making shortcut @ firstrun

[BoardBabe]

Could I somehow prevent MS outlook 2003 from making a shortcut in Quick Launch at first program run?

-Some kind of reg key?

[Gerrit.B]

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.

Edited November 16, 2005 by Gerrit.B

[BoardBabe]

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

Appriciate your input though.

Edited November 16, 2005 by BoardBabe

[benners]

It seems to have something to do with this key

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Setup]
"First-Run"=hex:34,1b,87,8b,a8,68,02,47,ac,d1,be,08,72,c8,60,ef

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

[BoardBabe]

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