AOL Toolbar won uninstall in Windows 8.1 since it eats up many system resources?
Have you ever tried to uninstall AOL
toolbar because you install it by mistake?
Are you disappointed to remove AOL toolbar
through "Add or Remove Programs" in Windows Control Panel, but you
failed?
Have you ever been confused that you have
deleted AOL normally, but it is still there?
To avoid this trouble, you could learn and
follow AOL toolbar uninstall instructions in this article.
How to fully uninstall AOL from your PC?
Method 1: Remove AOL with a standard way
Tips 1: How to delete AOL through Windows Uninstall applet
Most of you would like to get rid of
program through Windows Control Panel. However, you might miss some steps so
that you are not able to delete AOL. Here are the removal guides:
You should reboot your PC and press F8 key on your keyboard. This will open
up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Vista, or the Windows
Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard,
highlight the option labeled Safe Mode
with Networking. Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your
keyboard.
Click “Start Menu” > Select Control
Panel option > “Uninstall a Program” (Programs and Features) > Find AOL
on the currently installed programs list and its related entries > Click “Uninstall
or Change” to delete the application.
How to Manually Get Rid of AOL Toolbar from Your Windows?
Step
1: stop all the related processes in Task Manager
Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time.
Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.
Disable all the malicious processes
Step
2: show hidden files and folders and delete all the
following files.
Guide: click the Start button
and choose Control Panel, clicking
Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected
operating system files (Recommended).
Delete all the following files related to AOL
%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\
Step
3: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid registries
entries as below
Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button
and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit
and pressing Enter. )
Delete all the related registries as below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe
After that, you should remove AOL Toolbar
from browsers such as Chrome, Firefox and IE by manual
For Chrome:
1. Open
Chrome.
2. Click
on the Chrome menu and select Settings.
3. Click
on Extensions in the left side menu.
4. Remove/Disable
the AOL Toolbar.
5. In
the Search section, click Manage search engines and remove AOL from the default
search engines list.
6. Click
OK to save the changes.
7. In
the Chrome menu, select Settings.
8. In
the On Startup section, Click on Set Pages and delete the AOL URL (you can set
a different home page by entering a URL of your choice).
9. Click
Ok to save the changes.
10. In
the Appearance section, click on Change and delete the AOL URL (you can set a
different home page).
11. Click
Ok to save the changes.
For Internet Explorer
1. Click
on “Tools” and select Manage add-ons.
2. Under
Add-on Types, select Toolbars and Extensions.
3. In
the right pane, select AOL Toolbar and click on the Disable button.
4. Under
Add-on Types, select Search Providers.
5. Select
AOL and click the Remove button.
6. In
the General tab, delete the AOL URL from the Home page text box.
7. Click
OK to save the changes
For Firefox
1. Open
Mozilla Firefox.
2. From
the Firefox orange button (or from the standard Tools menu), click on Add-ons.
3. Make
sure Extensions is selected in the Add-ons manager left side menu bar
4. Disable
or remove the AOL Toolbar add-on
5. In
the General tab, delete the AOL URL from the home page text box.
6. Click
OK to save the changes.
If you open a new tab in Firefox and AOL as
home page, do the following:
Type: about:config in the address bar and
press enter
Confirm the message.
Type: browser.newtab.url in the Search text
field
Right-click on the result and select AOL
(or Reset in older versions)
After you finish steps, you should restart
your pc to confirm the AOL removal. If you are not good at handling this
method, you could try Tips 2 as
following.
Tips 2: How to force uninstall AOL fully with Perfect Uninstaller?
If you can not follow the removal guides
above, it is advised you to get rid of AOL with Perfect Uninstaller as following.
2.
Close all running processes
including programs and browsers in the Task Manager before you run Perfect
Uninstaller
3.
Find and locate the program on
the currently installed programs list
4.
Click “Uninstall” button on the
right side to remove AOL.
Alternatively, you could right-click the
folder of the unwanted program (normally, in C:\Program Files) or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows 7 system
64 bits and then select “Force Uninstall with PU” to apply the “Force
Uninstall” utility.
5.
Follow the prompt “Next” steps
to delete AOL.
After you finish the onscreen removal
steps, AOL has been deleted from your PC.
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