How Do I Uninstall Yahoo Address AutoComplete from My Add/Remove Li

[Martin Cohen]

I had uninstalled Yahoo messenger and its e-mail components without any
trouble, but when I click the button for Yahoo Address AutoComplete, the
page blinks and nothing happens. I went into safe mode and tried to
uninstall it from my add/remove list with no success. I reinstalled Yahoo
messenger using the custom setting as I did when I originally installed it.
Then I uninstalled Yahoo messenger and the e-mail components, but still
could not uninstall Yahoo Address AutoComplete. I went to the Registry
Editor with the help of Dell Hardware Support and clicked Ctrl and 'f' keys.
The find window appeared and I typed Yahoo. It highlighted a file, key, or
value?! I made a restore point, and then I deleted the registry key or
value?! It didn't work! I went to Windows Explorer and looked in the local
"C" disk under "program files" and deleted a yahoo folder. I re-booted to
my desktop and it still did not allow me to uninstall Yahoo Address
AutoComplete! Can anyone help?



Thanks,

Martin1223

 

[Don Varnau]

[Also answered in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general]

Martin,
Probably not what you want to hear, but I've noticed some odd behavior with
Yahoo mail the last couple of days. Newsgroup posts also indicate problems
with various Yahoo features. I think you will just have to wait for Yahoo to
resolve this.

You may be able to disable autocomplete.
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/autocomplete/

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

 

[PA Bear]

See replies to post in WinXP General.

 

[Guest]

Robear, for goodness sake, would it have hurt to just copy and paste the
solution here for us!
Off to hunt down the darn answer to this question.

 

[PA Bear]

Would it have hurt Martin to crosspost one (1) message to both newsgroups
instead of posting individually to them multiple times?

Like you, I'm a volunteer. I answered his question once.

 

[Martin Cohen]

Martin,
Probably not what you want to hear, but I've noticed some odd behavior with
Yahoo mail the last couple of days. Newsgroup posts also indicate problems
with various Yahoo features. I think you will just have to wait for Yahoo to
resolve this.

Don




Road Runner wrote:

Hey there ... Sorry I can't help but this website forum group might , if you
like here the website



Download HijackThis v1.99.0 (
http://forum.aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip), close all browser,
messenger, mediaplayer, etc., windows and scan. Look for this entry:

O16 - DPF: {B9191F79-5613-4C76-AA2A-398534BB8999} (YAddBook Class) -
http://us.dl1.yimg.com/download.yahoo.com/dl/installs/suite/autocomplete.cab

Check it and have HijackThis "fix" it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)



Sorry for the confusion that I caused in posting to separate groups. I
thought my question would get more exposure. I tried the highjack software,
found the entry PA Bear posted, and clicked fix on highjack. the entry was
deleted from the list on highjack and I rebooted. But no results when I
tried to remove the entry that is still on my add/remove list. Any
suggestions?

Martin

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
I like Robear's solution a lot more than I like my non-solution, but...
What item are you trying to remove from add/remove programs?

And, from Internet Options> General> Temporary Internet Files> Settings>
View Objects, do you see "YAddBook Class?"

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]


PA Bear advised removing