Hi guys, as topic title says, i need to prevent the installation of main toolbars bundled with many software: Ask, Google, Yahoo, Bing etc...

Why don't we use our experience to create an useful topic?

Depends on the type of installer, if its a msi installer (like in the case of Win7codecs) you can easily edit it to stop them...inno is also easy to edit and some people use autoit

Edited September 5, 201114 yr by ricktendo64

It might be also possible to fake an already installed one or lock (with security rights) the defaults folder and reg entries it would use.

while theres plenty tools that offer removal of browser Toolbars,

is there any guides to removes Taskbar Toolbars? (right-click the taskbar | Toolbars)

i want to remove windows media player - taskbar toolbars, while keep remaining w.m.p functional.

Edited September 5, 201114 yr by Joseph_sw

do you know ninite?? Their silent installer don't install toolbars, so i think they use registry keys. Do you know about their tricks to block toolbar's installation?

use this uninstaller after al instals or make one

make txt file past in en rename tho .vbs

'This file silently uninstalls the Google and Yahoo! Toolbars.

Option Explicit:On Error Resume Next

Dim WshShell,a,i:i=0:Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

a=WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F}\UninstallString")

If a<>"" Then WshShell.Run(a&" /S"),1,True:i=i+1

a=WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Yahoo! Companion\UninstallString")

If a<>"" Then WshShell.Run(""""&a&""" /S"),1,True:i=i+1

WshShell=Nothing:Wscript.Quit(i)

thanks!