Saturday, December 10, 2011

How do I remove the Ask toolbar from Firefox and get the web address bar to search normally again?

How do I remove the Ask toolbar from Firefox and get the web address bar to search normally again?|||Removing the Ask toolbar:





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To delete the Ask toolbar:





1. go to tools-%26gt; add-ons





2. then check extension and check the ASK toolbar





3. and click uninstall then restart the firefox





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To get you firefox's web browser function back to normal:





1. type about:config into the web address bar





2. press enter on your keyboard





3. in the filter search bar type Keyword.URL





4 double click on Keyword.URL





5. copy and paste this address into the box


http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8%26amp;oe鈥?/a>





6. close the Firefox tab











You're done.|||you can switch step 5. by: right mouse click, choose "Reset"

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|||If the way above doesn't work do this


close FireFox


open your %AppData%





C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Ro鈥?br>

*Note your path may be different as I am using Windows 7*





Delete the file Ask.xml





Bam problem solved

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|||this works! I have just tried it. I spent over an hour trying to uninstall the actual address bar and this was the only way. I uninstalled firefox and installed it again previously but it kept ALOT still. The toolbar was easy to get rid off by doing the add-ons thing.

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|||I meant to say what Cogari says works.

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|||I had that EXACT same problem with the ALOT toolbar. I had already uninstalled the program, but my web address bar would take me directly to an ALOT search page.








To get rid of it, i had to uninstall firefox %26amp; reinstall. When they ask if you want to save your personal stuff %26amp; bookmarks, you have to click no, or ASK/ALOT will stay.|||Cogari- I tried that but there is nothing in the extension box. Is there another way? This thing hijacks my webpages.

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