Cant remove Yahoo Toolbar in FireFox ???
If you cant remove the Yahoo ToolBar in FireFox, try the following trick:
First, Recreate Firefox Profile
Recreate Firefox Profile
If none of the methods above work, it might indicate that there is some problem with the Firefox user profile. To fix the problem, you will have to create a new Firefox user profile. The user profile is used by the Firefox browser to save your personal settings such as passwords, bookmarks, and extensions.
Close all windows of Firefox browser open on the desktop.
Next, open the Start menu and select Run.
In the Open field, type firefox.exe -ProfileManager and press the OK button.
Select the existing corrupt profile and select the Delete Profile button to remove it.
Next, select the Create Profile button, and follow the screen instructions to create the new profile according to your requirements.
Now, proceed to remove the YahooToolbar the usual way:
Click Menu/Add-on ...... so on ...
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Most computer programs are installed with its build-in uninstaller that can also help uninstall the program.
* Click Start menu and move your mouse to All Programs.
* Find Yahoo Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox folder and click on its Uninstaller.
* Follow its uninstaller and uninstall the program.
To run its uninstaller, you can also
* Go to the folder where the program is installed.
* Locate its uninstaller usually named as unins000.exe or uninstall.exe
* Double click on its uninstaller and follow it to uninstall the program.
Please know that both of Windows Add/ Remove Programs and its build-in uninstaller can only uninstall the main executable files of the program, but not all program files and components. Some invalid files may be left in system registry and folders. To completely remove Yahoo Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox, you need to get rid of those remnants, otherwise, it will slow down your PC and block you installing other incompatible programs.
To thoroughly delete its files, please follow the steps:
* Run Registry Editor
* Find and delete all registry entries of the program in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\eg ui
* Find and delete all files of the program in system folders C:\Program Files\, C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ and C:\Documents and Settings\%USER%\Application Data\.
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