avast 6 error after download

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I have windows vista home premium.I downloaded avast 6 and it said everything was fine. Now when I try to start the program it says: C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastUI.exe The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.

any help would be appreciated.

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In control panel go to programs and features and see if you have Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable present (see attached). If not then follow David’s instructions below.

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=70993.0