You can now open up the Processes tab in Task Manager and you should no longer see the GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe process running. Note that the latest version of the toolbar does not have the options as shown above. Step 2: Click on the More tab and then uncheck the box that says “ Set and keep search settings to Google” under the “ Search Settings Notifier and Browse by Name” heading.Ĭlick OK and restart your browser window. Step 1: Open Internet Explorer or Firefox and click on the Settings button (or wrench icon) at the far right of the Google Toolbar. So how can you truly prevent the service from starting up? Disable Google Toolbar Notifier Now I would normally tell people to turn off startup programs using MSCONFIG, but oddly enough, Google Toolbar Notifier keeps coming back even if I uncheck it in MSCONFIG. ![]() Instead, there is an option called Use Google as my default search engine, which checks only when you open Chrome. Thankfully, Google realized this and no longer includes this additional service when you install the toolbar for IE and Firefox. ![]() To be fair, the reason they did this was because of malware that would hijack your browser and change the search engine to some spyware-infested search engine. I don’t think I’ve EVER had to manually change it back to Google. ![]() Now personally I don’t think it’s necessary to have a Windows service to just make sure my default search provider remains the same.
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