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Some things have stopped functioning on my pc without an apparent reason
1) Avast antivirus is running in the background (in the tray) but when I try
to launch the main interface window there is some activity and nothing comes
up.
If I terminate the explorer (shell) process then it can start...
I have tried disabling shell extensions and closing apps, reinstalling
avast, but nothing helped.
2) I try to launch help and support from the icon on the start menu and
nothing happens....
I have tried on more than one account, but still nothing
3) I try to open the disk management console but it is grayed out (a blank
screen).
again I have tried this on more than one user account with no luck.
Unfortunately my system restore points were bad so I purged them.
I am left with either fixing them, living with them or formatting.
I would like to try to fix them. Any Ideas anyone?????
Thanks in advacne
Some things have stopped functioning on my pc without an apparent reason
1) Avast antivirus is running in the background (in the tray) but when I try
to launch the main interface window there is some activity and nothing comes
up.
If I terminate the explorer (shell) process then it can start...
I have tried disabling shell extensions and closing apps, reinstalling
avast, but nothing helped.
2) I try to launch help and support from the icon on the start menu and
nothing happens....
I have tried on more than one account, but still nothing
3) I try to open the disk management console but it is grayed out (a blank
screen).
again I have tried this on more than one user account with no luck.
Unfortunately my system restore points were bad so I purged them.
I am left with either fixing them, living with them or formatting.
I would like to try to fix them. Any Ideas anyone?????
Thanks in advacne