After installing WinXp Sp2 FR the avast icons on Trayicon disaper

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi, i’m using avast from a couple of months, no problems

But yesterday, M$ need to put sp2 of xp on my machine, i accept, now the system no more have the avast icons on windows tray…

the avast services appers starteds, they are on process manager, hat’s happend ?

I have reinstalled avast, no change, no icons :cry:

Thanks to answer

ManChesTer.

2

Did Windows Security Center recognized avast?
What version of avast do you have? Is 4.1.418?

3

Yes it’s the last version…

And xp Security Center is down because i have hardware firwall…

Before using sp2 the same version of avast works fully ok,i think i’s a port acces problem…

Thanks.

ManChesTer.

4

I just try a test, it was funny…

when i go to the avast directory “C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4”, if i run “ashDisp”, everything work well…

can i put it in the menu=>start folder ?

Thanks for your answer

ManChesTer.

5

Erf, no not working ;o((

when i go to the icon with the mouse, the icons goses invisible…

verry strange…

ManChesTer.

6

I bet on a firewall problem. Can you see both the hardware one and if the Windows build-in firewall enable avast to connect the Internet?

ashDisp.exe is the ‘icon’, the interface by system tray. You could add a link to it, although if you have XP it should not be necessary ::slight_smile:

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ManChesTer
Click on the link in my signature and find ReZoR’s Tool Avast! External Control (AEC).
Run it and select General Tweeker and follow the example.

8

Ok, i check some thinks on sp2, i fond the problem…

The tray is modified in windows XP SP2 :

see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/functions/shell_notifyicon.asp

Perhaps the function NIM_MODIFY do not work sometimes…
This is a solution (in delphi, ca be traduct without problem) :

(c)ManChesTer.

var Nicon : TnotifyIconData;

Function Put_Icon_On_Tray(IconName:String) : Boolean;
begin
Result:=true;
if not (Nicon.hicon<>0) then // if icon handle is nil
Nicon.hicon:=LoadIcon(HInstance, Pchar(IconName)); // load icon from resource
if Nicon.hicon=0 then // if still not loaded
begin
Nicon.hicon:=LoadIcon(HInstance, Pchar(‘ERROR_ICON’)); // load error icon
Result:=false;
end;
Shell_notifyicon(NIM_delete,@Nicon); // delete old icon if already on the tray…
Application.Processmessages; // process all messages !!! important for some windows versions
If not Shell_notifyicon(NIM_Add,@Nicon) then // put the new icon on the tray
result:=false;
Application.Processmessages; // process all messages !!! important for some windows versions
end;

Function Remove_Icon_on_Tray:Boolean;
begin
Result:=False;
if Shell_notifyicon(NIM_delete,@Nicon) then // delete old icon if already on the tray…
Result:=True;
Application.Processmessages; // process all messages !!! important for some windows versions
end;

App sample:

If my_app_is_running then
if not Put_Icon_On_Tray(‘My_ICON’) then
showmessage(‘Error Error on resource or notray in this windows’);
else
if not Put_Icon_On_Tray(‘My_NOTWORK_ICON’) then
showmessage(‘Error Error on resource or no valid tray in this windows’);

To remove the icons:

if Remove_Icon_on_Tray then
showmessage(‘Tray Icon removed…’)
else
Showmessage(‘Error when remove Tray icon’);

To modify the icon:

if not Put_Icon_On_Tray(‘New_ICON’) then
showmessage(‘Error Error on resource or no valid tray in this windows’);

I hope this is helpfull for you…

In a friendly way,

ManChesTer.

9

ManChesTer:
Did you try the utility I suggested?

10

Yes i have tryed this utility, no effect…

But i know exactly when this happend it’s when you have the french .net framework 1.1 instlled , if i remove the last version of .net framework, all work’s well…

Ps : with the sample code in this post this not append, if i do the same with NIM_MODIFY this append on my applications too…

Good Work

ManChesTer.