Ask Toolbar

A way to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your PC

Ask Toolbar is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Ask.com. Take a look here for more information on Ask.com. Ask Toolbar is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the application. MsiExec.exe /X{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Ask Toolbar. UpdateTask.exe is the Ask Toolbar's primary executable file and it occupies around 128.88 KB (131976 bytes) on disk.

Ask Toolbar installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 318.27 KB (325904 bytes) on disk.

• SaUpdate.exe (189.38 KB)
• UpdateTask.exe (128.88 KB)

This info is about Ask Toolbar version 1.11.0.0 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Ask Toolbar:

• 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
• 1.12.1.0
• 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
• 1.15.5.0
• 1.15.0.0
• 1.15.13.0
• 1.6.1.0
• 4.1.0.5
• 1.17.3.0

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Ask Toolbar has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\b.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\bl.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\br.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\l.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\pointer.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\r.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\t.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\tl.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com\assets\oobe\tr.png
• 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_65a5.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 keys 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 are not removed:

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

A way to erase Ask Toolbar with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is a program by Ask.com. Sometimes, people want to erase it. This can be hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Ask Toolbar or simply click the Search field and type in "Ask Toolbar". The Ask Toolbar program will be found very quickly. After you click Ask Toolbar in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Ask Toolbar, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Ask Toolbar.


8. After uninstalling Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Ask Toolbar that 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 can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Ask Toolbar by Ask.com from your PC, we are not saying that Ask Toolbar by Ask.com is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.