my apologies...I did preview my comment but not till I submitted did I realize I hadn't said it was the bing toolbar I was trying to uninstall and I didn't thank you for having the answer to my question as to what it is and how to get rid of it!
Mark J
August 21, 2011 8:04 AM
@Diane
Many programs run the installer to uninstall the program, so it often looks like you are installing rather than uninstalling. If you allow the program to run you should eventually get an option to uninstall.
Riku
August 30, 2011 9:06 AM
None of this really helped. It was all for internet exploror. I have firefox. I also went to my control panel and did as instructed. Bing isn't showing up. My E-Mail is {email removed} if you have any other ideas
Riku
August 30, 2011 9:13 AM
Nevermind about my previous comment. I figgered it out. I think what a lot of people are missing is that the bing toolbar is also titled the "Start Now" toolbar. That's why I couldn't initially find it.
Tom Short
September 20, 2011 7:17 AM
Your comments on Bing are good but they only apply to IE and I run firefox. Any suggestions? Bing bar is not showing up on my list of programs that can be uninstalled.
Ken Foat
October 19, 2011 7:26 PM
I did a Bing search for google and got it, When I entered my google search, it just transcribed it to the bing bar. I'm ok now, but I believe Microsoft orchestrated this (shysters).
Merlyn Corcoran
December 2, 2011 7:10 AM
thank you, Riku! that toolbar was so annoying and I couldn't find it on my Programs until I saw your post calling it Start Now.
mona
December 2, 2011 7:10 AM
I hate BING. It is useless. I don't care for clicking on a story - thinking I am going to actually read the story I clicked on only to be lead to several hundred articles relating to the story to choose from. And these links all has "click here to see more" and IT takes you to hundred of links to choose from. I choose NOT to use BING and am about to choose NOT to use MSN all together.
William Schuerman
January 23, 2012 3:19 PM
Unable to uninstall "bing". Keep getting message "cannot remove bing bar right now. Try to uninstall later. ' I have been trying to uninstall for months. I have gone into programs and everything. Stii I can't get bing off mty computer.
mike mercurio
February 2, 2012 5:17 PM
when I highlight a name in an article to get more info on that name, a dropdown box appears and there is a box to click that says search with bing.
How do I change that to Google?
I don't know that you can - I believe that's provided by the Bing toolbar. You might try uninstalling that and adding Google's instead, but can't guarantee that it'll work.
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August 21, 2011 5:06 AM
my apologies...I did preview my comment but not till I submitted did I realize I hadn't said it was the bing toolbar I was trying to uninstall and I didn't thank you for having the answer to my question as to what it is and how to get rid of it!
August 21, 2011 8:04 AM
@Diane
Many programs run the installer to uninstall the program, so it often looks like you are installing rather than uninstalling. If you allow the program to run you should eventually get an option to uninstall.
August 30, 2011 9:06 AM
None of this really helped. It was all for internet exploror. I have firefox. I also went to my control panel and did as instructed. Bing isn't showing up. My E-Mail is {email removed} if you have any other ideas
August 30, 2011 9:13 AM
Nevermind about my previous comment. I figgered it out. I think what a lot of people are missing is that the bing toolbar is also titled the "Start Now" toolbar. That's why I couldn't initially find it.
September 20, 2011 7:17 AM
Your comments on Bing are good but they only apply to IE and I run firefox. Any suggestions? Bing bar is not showing up on my list of programs that can be uninstalled.
October 19, 2011 7:26 PM
I did a Bing search for google and got it, When I entered my google search, it just transcribed it to the bing bar. I'm ok now, but I believe Microsoft orchestrated this (shysters).
December 2, 2011 7:10 AM
thank you, Riku! that toolbar was so annoying and I couldn't find it on my Programs until I saw your post calling it Start Now.
December 2, 2011 7:10 AM
I hate BING. It is useless. I don't care for clicking on a story - thinking I am going to actually read the story I clicked on only to be lead to several hundred articles relating to the story to choose from. And these links all has "click here to see more" and IT takes you to hundred of links to choose from. I choose NOT to use BING and am about to choose NOT to use MSN all together.
January 23, 2012 3:19 PM
Unable to uninstall "bing". Keep getting message "cannot remove bing bar right now. Try to uninstall later. ' I have been trying to uninstall for months. I have gone into programs and everything. Stii I can't get bing off mty computer.
February 2, 2012 5:17 PM
when I highlight a name in an article to get more info on that name, a dropdown box appears and there is a box to click that says search with bing.
How do I change that to Google?
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