Can KB929123 be removed from XP SP3?

KB929123 is the security update to OE6 that enabled the copying of database files to the recycle bin during compaction.

While I understand the reasons behind this move by Microsoft, I really wish they had made it a user defined preference.

I have nearly 40 folders in my OE, many of which are over 1 GB compacted. When I compact my folders with KB929123 installed, it is a 30 minute process. I was used to compacting my folders, previous to the update, several times a day if needed (they get a workout sometimes), but after, OMG ... I couldn't stand it! I had to uninstall the update to keep my sanity.

With Windows XP SP3 out, it includes KB929123 as part of it.

I'm wondering if anyone, who has installed it, could see if KB929123 can be removed after the update? Does it even show it as an update?

I know how to back up my mail and I do it as often as I feel I need to. I don't need Microsoft to tell me when or how. That update is a pain in the backside for anyone with many large folders in OE6 and I'm going to have to quit using it altogether if I can't stop the "copy to the recycle bin" from happening.

Is there a registry entry somewhere that can disable this feature? I've searched and found none so far ... but maybe you fine people know more about it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

To Pete: Thanks for info ... I know I could try it by installing the entire SP3 and remove it later through Add/Remove. I even downloaded it (300MB+) earlier for just that type of experiment. I just thought maybe someone would be able to tell me how to uninstall or roll back that particular part of the update in the event that it wasn't separated from it. I'm not certain what KB929123 has in it, exactly, so I'm not sure how to manually undo it (or IF that can be done).
Also, I've been using OE in this respect for years, through version 4, and 5 as well and have never had a problem. Well, once, after moving all my files to a new hard drive, and updating to a new version of OE at the same time (I forget the version, but they had changed the database structure), I couldn't access the folders, but with a rollback to a previous version, I was able to import the folders from a store location, and then update with the folders in place and it did OK.
Anyway, the point is, it has always been stable for me. Some of my 40ish folders are newsgroup folders that are absolutley huge. When they approach the 2GB limit, I remove the dl'd message bodies, and compact the folder manually, then I start "growing" it again. With the update to KB929123, every time I do that it copies the nearly 2GB file to the recycle bin first, before even beginning the compaction process. Drives me crazy ... if I lose the folder, which hasn't yet happened, I'll just reset the thing and re-download all the headers. Some of these groups have grown to over 700 thousand headers, so I don't like to do that often if I don't have to.

To Steven: Thanks, but if all I had to worry about was a compaction every hundreth time OE was opened, I wouldn't have a problem with KB929123 at all. Good to know where that's located in the registry though .. I never throw away a registry tip.


I guess I'll just have to give the update a try and see what happens. Maybe it would be best if I update the KB929123 first, then use WU to update the remaining files (rather than the entire SP3 download). Afterwards, I may be able to uninstall the Hotfix because it "should" still be in my update list in the Add/Remove Programs.
Worth a shot....

Thanks all!