Ask Toolbar

How to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your PC

Ask Toolbar is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Ask.com. Further information on Ask.com can be found here. Ask Toolbar is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Ask.com folder, subject to the user's choice. You can remove Ask Toolbar by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 93.88 KB (96136 bytes) on disk and is labeled UpdateTask.exe.

Ask Toolbar is composed of the following executables which take 252.27 KB (258320 bytes) on disk:

• SaUpdate.exe (158.38 KB)
• UpdateTask.exe (93.88 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.6.2.0 of Ask Toolbar. You can find here 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
• 1.14.1.0
• 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
• 1.5.0.0
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Ask.com

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Ask Toolbar:

• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\cobrand.ico
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\favicon.ico
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\SaUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files\Ask.com\UpdateTask.exe
• C:\Windows\Installer\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

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

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• 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 delete Ask Toolbar from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is a program released by the software company Ask.com. Frequently, people try to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK way to uninstall Ask Toolbar is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Ask Toolbar or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Ask Toolbar". The Ask Toolbar application will be found automatically. After you select Ask Toolbar in the list , some data about the application is made available to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Ask Toolbar.


8. After removing Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Ask Toolbar that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Ask Toolbar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Ask Toolbar by Ask.com from your PC, nor are we saying that Ask Toolbar by Ask.com is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions 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' computers.