AOL Toolbar error

thanks it worked 4 me 2 .

THIS ACTUALLY WORKED! but i would like to say you have to run "run" and Regidit and then follow whats up there! but this actually worked!

I second Mrmally777's motion. Thanks Bill H

Toolbar error message

I've had the same annoying error message for sometime.

I think, it is due to a path to a welcome page not a toolbar that AOL once used on its link to Internet Explorer 7, which they have now discontinued. I've tried different Registry Cleaners but IE7 in Vista is not touched by them. The only way I've found to get around it is to bring up Internet Explorer 7 via the 'Connect to the internet' icon in the 'Windows Welcome Centre'. If I use the IE7 icons on either the desktop or the main start menu I still get the 'c:/Program%20 etc. twice before the IE7 will start!

The only way to completely remove it, I fear, will be a manual registry change - something I'm not confident to try.

I too have gotten the same error for the AOL Toolbar home page. However, I only started getting the error once I upgraded from AOL 9.0 to AOL 9.1. I bought a new Dell computer with Windows Vista Home Premium and IE 7, of course. As I was reinstalling my software I only had an AOL 9.0 CD and reinstalled the AOL software from that. I was previously using AOL 9.1 on my old computer. So, the following day, I upgraded to AOL 9.1 and that is when my problem began. I hope that this little tidbit of information helps someone else out. Kudo's to BillH! His solution worked like a charm.

I still stick with my previous post, going into IE7 via the 'welcome centre/connect to the internet' is a possible by-pass but not a cure for this annoying error message. However, I have since cured the problem, the way I expected I'd needed to by a Manual Registry Change! Then again, it was not as difficult as I expected, if you go to the computerperformance.co.uk site there are clear step by step instructions on performing registry edits in Vista.

I can understand your inhibition for editing the registry. It can seem a little intimidating at first. However, you can safe guard yourself by creating a restore point before editing the registry so that you can restore the registry to it's previous state if the modification creates problems. Go to Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-System Restore. There you will find options to create a restore point or to restore your system to a previous point. Windows Help has specific informaiton regarding the use of this tool. I hope that this helps you out.

Thanks

You may be new at the game but you alright. Thanks I had this problem and with you method i was able to get rid of that error message

thanks again.

You may be new at the game but you alright. Thanks I had this problem and with you method i was able to get rid of that error message

thanks again.

IT WORKED FOR ME. Your English was good enough and better than my Spanish of which I know nada de nada, so muchas gracias. Seems that Microsoft is still trying very hard to put them selves out of the browser business, among other things.
I did delete the IE7 folder in the program files and then install IE8 beta 2, but I'm sure that I had nothing whatsoever to do with anything. For those of you that are still having a problem, be sure you're following the lady's instructions and you might also make sure that you're indicating Google or other than AOL for the default search engine, so the stupid thing doesn't keep looking for the disease (AOL). Meanwhile, you might want to try Google's new browser...CHROME, which I use as default.

aol error message

thanks Eva it worked
i reset Internet explorer and no more aol error message
thanks allot

I have also been getting this annoying error on a customer's computer, and this is how I resolved it.

On IE, go to tools > manage add-ons > enable or disable add-ons

Show: Add-ons currently loaded in Internet Explorer

Find the AOL Toolbar thing(s) and at the bottom, click "disable"

This fixed it for me. I hope this helps everyone.

Jennifer
Computer Technician
Navarre, Florida


Oh, BTW - I personally do not use Internet Exploiter... I use Mozilla Firefox and I have it customized the way I want it with things such as the weather in the lower right corner of the browser window, color and icon packs/themes, colored/numbered tabs, etc. I LOVE firefox.

Problem resolved for me

I ran a registry cleaner (AML Free Registry Cleaner). It found more than 300 registry errors and I had it clean them all. That message no longer appeared and IE went to the home page without any problem.