Ask Toolbar

How to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Ask Toolbar for Windows. It is produced by Ask.com. Go over here for more details on Ask.com. Usually the Ask Toolbar program is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Ask.com folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Ask Toolbar by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. UpdateTask.exe is the Ask Toolbar's primary executable file and it occupies close to 93.88 KB (96136 bytes) on disk.

Ask Toolbar contains of the executables below. They occupy 252.27 KB (258320 bytes) on disk.

• SaUpdate.exe (158.38 KB)
• UpdateTask.exe (93.88 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.8.0.0 of Ask Toolbar. Click on the links below for other Ask Toolbar versions:

• 1.15.8.0
• 1.7.0.0
• Unknown
• 1.13.1.0
• 1.15.1.0
• 1.15.23.0
• 4.1.0.4
• 4.1.0.2
• 1.11.3.0
• 1.6.6.0
• 1.12.5.0
• 1.14.1.0
• 1.15.24.0
• 1.14.0.0
• 1.17.6.0
• 1.15.12.0
• 1.4.4.0
• 1.15.6.0
• 1.12.3.0
• 1.15.4.0
• 1.15.14.0
• 1.6.9.0
• 1.15.9.0
• 1.15.18.0
• 1.16.1.0
• 1.5.1.0
• 1.15.26.0
• 1.4.0.0
• 1.7.1.0
• 1.6.3.0
• 1.17.2.0
• 1.17.7.0
• 1.15.20.0
• 1.15.15.0
• 1.3.1.0
• 1.13.0.0
• 1.6.5.0
• 1.15.25.0
• 1.9.1.0
• 1.11.1.0
• 1.15.11.0
• 1.15.29.0
• 1.17.0.0
• 1.6.12.0
• 1.6.2.0
• 1.5.0.0
• 1.15.2.0
• 1.6.14.0
• 1.12.1.0
• 1.4.3.0
• 1.17.9.0
• 1.5.2.0
• 4.1.0.3
• 1.13.2.0
• 1.12.2.0
• 4.1.0.7
• 1.6.8.0
• 1.17.1.0
• 1.15.10.0
• 1.3.3.0
• 1.11.0.0
• 1.15.5.0
• 1.15.0.0
• 1.15.13.0
• 1.6.1.0
• 4.1.0.5
• 1.17.3.0

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall Ask Toolbar.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Ask Toolbar:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\cobrand.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\config.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\favicon.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\fv_7ba1.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\mupcfg.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\SaUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\UpdateTask.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A28B4D68DEBAA244EB686953B7074FEF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A28B4D68DEBAA244EB686953B7074FEF\ProductName

How to delete Ask Toolbar with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is an application by the software company Ask.com. Sometimes, computer users try to erase it. This is hard because deleting this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK procedure to erase Ask Toolbar is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Ask Toolbar or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Ask Toolbar". The Ask Toolbar application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Ask Toolbar in the list , the following information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Ask Toolbar, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Ask Toolbar.


8. After removing Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Ask Toolbar which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Ask Toolbar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Ask Toolbar by Ask.com from your PC, we are not saying that Ask Toolbar by Ask.com is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Ask Toolbar in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.