Ask Toolbar

A way to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove Ask Toolbar for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Ask.com. Further information on Ask.com can be found here. Ask Toolbar is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Ask.com folder, depending on the user's option. MsiExec.exe /X{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Ask Toolbar. The program's main executable file has a size of 131.66 KB (134824 bytes) on disk and is named UpdateTask.exe.

Ask Toolbar is composed of the following executables which take 1.71 MB (1793696 bytes) on disk:

• precache.exe (69.16 KB)
• SaUpdate.exe (192.16 KB)
• UpdateTask.exe (131.66 KB)
• Updater.exe (1.33 MB)

This page is about Ask Toolbar version 1.14.1.0 alone. You can find below 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
• 1.15.24.0
• 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

...click to view all...
After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Ask Toolbar from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\Ask.com

Files remaining:

• 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_74b2.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

Usually the following registry keys will not be removed:

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

Supplementary values that are not removed:

• 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}\

How to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is a program offered by Ask.com. Frequently, users want to erase it. This can be troublesome because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE approach 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your PC.

DOWNLOAD NOW

• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be shown to you

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 automatically. When you select Ask Toolbar in the list , the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Ask Toolbar, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Ask Toolbar.


8. After uninstalling Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Geographical user distribution

Disclaimer

The text above 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 page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Ask Toolbar supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.