Can't uninstall Rocket Search from Windows 8 as it is intalled in your PC?
Have you ever tried to uninstall Rocket
Search toolbar because you install it by mistake?
Have you been disappointed to remove Rocket
Search toolbar through "Programs and Features" in Windows Control
Panel, but you failed?
Have you ever been confused that you have
deleted Rocket Search normally, but it is still there?
Need help in deleting Rocket Search from your browsers like Chrome?
To avoid this trouble, you could learn and
follow Rocket Search toolbar uninstall instructions in this article.
How to fully uninstall Rocket Search from your PC?
Method 1: Manually uninstall Rocket Search with a
standard way
Method 2: Delete Rocket Search with program removal tool Perfect Uninstaller
Tips 1: How to Manually Get Rid of Rocket Search from Windows 7
If you are good at computer skill, you could delete Rocket Search by manual. So please carefully follow the removal guides below.
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 Rocket
Search
%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 Rocket Search
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 Rocket Search Toolbar.
5. In
the Search section, click Manage search engines and remove Rocket Search 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 Rocket Search 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 Rocket Search 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 Rocket Search Toolbar and click on the Disable button.
4. Under
Add-on Types, select Search Providers.
5. Select
Rocket Search and click the Remove button.
6. In
the General tab, delete the Rocket Search 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 Rocket Search Toolbar add-on
5. In
the General tab, delete the Rocket Search URL from the home page text box.
6. Click
OK to save the changes.
If you open a new tab in Firefox and Rocket
Search 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 Rocket
Search (or Reset in older versions)
After you finish steps, you should restart
your pc to confirm the Rocket Search removal. If you are not good at handling
this method, you could try Tips 2 as
following.
Tips 2: How to remove Rocket Search with Perfect Uninstaller?
If you can not follow the removal guides
above, it is advised you to get rid of Rocket Search 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 Rocket Search.
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 Rocket Search.
After you finish the onscreen removal
steps, Rocket Search has been deleted from your PC.
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