How to uninstall Windows desktop search bundled with MSN search toolbar?
Windows Desktop Search also gets itself installed as part of MSN search toolbar. If you installed the “MSN Search Toolbar with WDS” – it will show up as “MSN Search Toolbar” in the Add/Remove Programs control panel.Uninstall/remove “MSN Search Toolbar” to get rid of Windows desktop search (WDS). If you still like to retain MSN search toolbar but uninstall Windows desktop search alone, then you can uninstall MSN search with WDS and reinstall MSN search alone or you can even try this manual alternative: • Delete the Windows desktop search (WDS) directory from “program files” directly. • Deleting the associated registry keys – “Windows Desktop Search” and “RSSearch” found under “Software\Microsoft” in both HKEY_CURRENT_USER AND HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. • Run a registry cleaner for windows to get rid of the invalid COM registrations. If you cannot delete the program folder for reasons such as files are in use, try renaming the folder – Windows desktop search (WDS) directory or the file(s) withi
