Ask Toolbar

A way to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your computer

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Ask Toolbar for Windows. It is produced by Ask.com. Further information on Ask.com can be seen here. The application is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com folder (same installation drive as Windows). 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 takes about 133.20 KB (136392 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed beside Ask Toolbar. They occupy about 1.89 MB (1978656 bytes) on disk.

• precache.exe (69.20 KB)
• SaUpdate.exe (193.20 KB)
• UpdateTask.exe (133.20 KB)
• Updater.exe (1.50 MB)

This info is about Ask Toolbar version 1.15.6.0 only. Click on the links below for 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
• 1.12.3.0
• 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 typically left behind when you remove Ask Toolbar.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Ask.com

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• 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

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{2996F0E7-292B-4CAE-893F-47B8B1C05B56}

Use regedit.exe to delete 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\

How to remove Ask Toolbar from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is a program by Ask.com. Frequently, users decide to erase this program. This can be easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY way 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Ask Toolbar or simply click the Search field and type in "Ask Toolbar". The Ask Toolbar program will be found automatically. After you select Ask Toolbar in the list of programs, some information about the program is made available to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Ask Toolbar.


8. After removing Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Ask Toolbar which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Ask Toolbar using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Ask Toolbar by Ask.com from your computer, we are not saying that Ask Toolbar by Ask.com is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Ask Toolbar supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.