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A way to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your PC

This page is about Ask Toolbar for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Ask.com. Go over here for more info on Ask.com. The application is usually placed in the C:\Arquivos de programas\Ask.com directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Ask Toolbar by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 389.95 KB (399312 bytes) on disk and is called Updater.exe.

The executable files below are part of Ask Toolbar. They occupy about 389.95 KB (399312 bytes) on disk.

  • Updater.exe (389.95 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 1.12.3.0 of Ask Toolbar. Click on the links below for other Ask Toolbar versions:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders remaining:
  • 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

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{2996F0E7-292B-4CAE-893F-47B8B1C05B56}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{00000000-6E41-4FD3-8538-502F5495E5FC}\InprocServer32\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D4027C7F-154A-4066-A1AD-4243D8127440}\InprocServer32\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{2996F0E7-292B-4CAE-893F-47B8B1C05B56}\1.0\0\win32\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{2996F0E7-292B-4CAE-893F-47B8B1C05B56}\1.0\HELPDIR\


A way to erase Ask Toolbar from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is an application offered by Ask.com. Sometimes, people try to erase this program. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK solution to erase 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 on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
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  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Ask Toolbar or simply click the Search field and type in "Ask Toolbar". If it exists on your system the Ask Toolbar program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Ask Toolbar in the list , some information about the program is made available to you:


  • Safety 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 - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Ask Toolbar.
Uninstall Ask Toolbar


8. After uninstalling Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Ask Toolbar which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Ask Toolbar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Ask Toolbar supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-05-17 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-05-16 22:59:15.107