How to Remove My Search Toolbar

My Search Bar is a web browser add-on mainly found on Internet Explorer that allows you to search for pictures, videos, shopping and merchandise using popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo. My Search Bar embeds to your web browser's toolbar, allowing you to search for content wherever you are on the Internet. Uninstalling it requires that you kill its running processes and remove associated files to remove it completely from your computer.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete on your keyboard to open the Task Manager. Click the "Processes" tab, scroll down, click on s4bareq.exe, my2ns.exe and s42ns.exe individually and click "End Process."

2. Click "Start" on your computer screen and click "Run."

3. Type "regedit" and hit "Enter." This will bring you to the registry window. Locate and delete the following registry values and keys:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\{014DA6C9-189F-421a-88CD-07CFE51CFF10}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\{014DA6C9-189F-421a-88CD-07CFE51CFF10}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{014DA6C1-189F-421a-88CD-07CFE51CFF10}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{014DA6C9-189F-421a-88CD-07CFE51CFF10}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{014DA6C1-189F-421a-88CD-07CFE51CFF10}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{014DA6C9-189F-421a-88CD-07CFE51CFF10}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\My Search Uninstall\DisplayName
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\My Way Speedbar Uninstall\DisplayName
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MyWaySearchAssistant\DisplayName

4. Double-click "My Computer" on the desktop. Double-click the C: drive and double-click "Program Files." Locate the "My Search" and "My Way" folders and delete them. The .dll and .exe installation files are located in these folders. Empty the recycle bin.

References

• Removing My Search Bar
• Removing My Search Bar