Ask Toolbar

A way to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your computer

This web page is about Ask Toolbar for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Ask.com. You can find out more on Ask.com or check for application updates here. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full uninstall command line for Ask Toolbar is MsiExec.exe /X{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}. The program's main executable file is named UpdateTask.exe and it has a size of 128.88 KB (131976 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in Ask Toolbar. They occupy 564.65 KB (578200 bytes) on disk.

• precache.exe (67.88 KB)
• SaUpdate.exe (189.38 KB)
• UpdateTask.exe (128.88 KB)
• Updater.exe (178.50 KB)

The current web page applies to Ask Toolbar version 1.12.1.0 alone. You can find here a few links to other Ask Toolbar versions:

• 1.15.8.0
• 1.8.0.0
• 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
• 1.4.3.0
• 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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Quite a few files, folders and registry entries will not be deleted when you are trying to remove Ask Toolbar from your PC.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Ask.com

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Ask Toolbar:

• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\b.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\bl.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\br.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\l.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\pointer.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\r.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\t.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\tl.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\assets\oobe\tr.png
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\cobrand.ico
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\config.xml
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\favicon.ico
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\fv_287a.ico
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\mupcfg.xml
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\precache.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\SaUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\config.xml
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\UpdateTask.exe

Registry that is not removed:

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

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A28B4D68DEBAA244EB686953B7074FEF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Ask.com\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}\

A way to uninstall Ask Toolbar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is a program offered by the software company Ask.com. Frequently, people choose to remove this application. Sometimes this can be hard because removing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK action to remove Ask Toolbar is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Ask Toolbar or simply click the Search feature and type in "Ask Toolbar". If it exists on your system the Ask Toolbar application will be found automatically. After you select Ask Toolbar in the list , the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Ask Toolbar, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Ask Toolbar.


8. After removing Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Ask Toolbar which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Ask Toolbar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Ask Toolbar by Ask.com from your computer, we are not saying that Ask Toolbar by Ask.com is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.