Ask Toolbar

A guide to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your computer

This web page is about Ask Toolbar for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Ask.com. Go over here for more info on Ask.com. Usually the Ask Toolbar program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com folder, depending on the user's option during install. Ask Toolbar's entire uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}. The program's main executable file is named UpdateTask.exe and occupies 94.39 KB (96656 bytes).

Ask Toolbar is comprised of the following executables which take 252.78 KB (258848 bytes) on disk:

• SaUpdate.exe (158.39 KB)
• UpdateTask.exe (94.39 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.7.0.0 of Ask Toolbar. You can find here a few links to other Ask Toolbar releases:

• 1.15.8.0
• 1.8.0.0
• 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
• 1.11.0.0
• 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 uninstall Ask Toolbar.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com

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

• 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\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
• C:\Windows\Installer\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

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

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

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:

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

How to remove Ask Toolbar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is a program marketed by the software company Ask.com. Sometimes, people try to erase this application. This can be troublesome because deleting this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best EASY procedure 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Ask Toolbar or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Ask Toolbar". If it exists on your system the Ask Toolbar application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Ask Toolbar in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Ask Toolbar, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Ask Toolbar.


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

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Ask Toolbar by Ask.com from your PC, nor are we saying that Ask Toolbar by Ask.com is not a good application for your PC. 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' PCs.