Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Procedure To Uninstall The Yahoo Toolbar From Command Line

Toolbars are add-ons installed on your web browser. There are many toolbars available online. These add-on programs are downloaded or installed as part of some third-party software installation or they are installed from their official sites. A few of the famous toolbars include Yahoo toolbar, Google toolbar, Ask toolbar, etc.

The Yahoo! Toolbar is a web browser add-on that helps for the Yahoo! search engine to be used at any time through a search box that is glued to the top of the browser window. Moreover, the Yahoo! Toolbar can be customized further using mini-applications that can help create buttons on the toolbar. This can help in providing the ability of one-click access to popular websites such as eBay and Facebook. In case, you have tried the Yahoo! Toolbar and decided that you do not like it, then, you need not worry as it can be easily removed from the system from the ‘Add/Remove’ Programs list.

Some might prefer removing Yahoo toolbar from the command line, perhaps because the toolbar prevents the browser from loading. In such cases, you can uninstall the Yahoo! Toolbar in the Internet Explorer from the command line - in case you are unable to do so from the Control Panel. Here are the instructions:

Removing Yahoo Toolbar in Internet Explorer from the command line
  • You need to press the Windows logo and ‘R’ keys simultaneously for bringing up the ‘Run’ dialog. Then you need to enter ‘cmd’ in the box, (you need to ignore the quotation marks) and then press the ‘Enter’ key. Then, the command prompt appears.
  • You need to type ‘cd c:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common’ and then press the ‘Enter’ key. The prompt changes give you an indication that you have navigated to this folder. 
  • Then, you need to enter ‘unyt_wrap’ (again omitting the quotes) and press ‘Enter.’ You will see that a new window appears asking if you are sure that you wish to uninstall the Yahoo! Toolbar. Then, you need to click on the ‘Yes’ button. 
  • Subsequently, you need to click on the ‘No’ button when asked if you would like to send feedback about the Yahoo! Toolbar, then click on the ‘Close’ button. Then the Yahoo! Toolbar is uninstalled. You can now close the command prompt to continue working on your computer.
Following these instructions will successfully remove the toolbar from Internet Explorer.

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