remove outlook express from quick launch

I am creating a default user profile to use with ghosting. I want to remove the Outlook Express icon from quick launch for any profile that is created. I tried the following but it didn’t work:

created a null entry for the following key (and then tried to remove it altogether)

hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\active setup\installed components\44bba840-cc51-11c-aafa-00aa00b6015c

I also want to get rid of Media Player from both the desktop and quick launch