Avast Disabling Task Scheduler Tasks - Windows 10

[DaveJesse]

The March 2021 post with this title references another, topic=249063.0, but I cannot find this. Can someone help me find out what the solution was?

[NON]

Hello DaveJesse, welcome to the community.

Unfortunately topic number got changed since renewal of community. You can see old forum logs on Internet Archive here.

[NON]

It seems this topic:

Startup programs blocked by Avast

On Windows 10, latest version(19XX) I love Avast. It’s a lightweight antivirus that does the job. However, it prevents windows startup programs such as CoreTemp and Greenshot, even though I’ve added them to both the exception list and the allowed apps list. These programs are set up to start both as scheduled tasks and in the Win 10 startup folder. In the task scheduler, the programs are disabled. Interestingly, other programs on windows startup work just fine i.e. Winamp. It’s definitely A…

[DaveJesse]

Thanks for the clues. I followed the Internet Archive rabbit hole and found some good suggestions. Basically, I have turned off Do Not Disturb Mode and will see if that helps. The problem task was only scheduled to run weekly, so this will take a while!

[NON]

Good to hear, hope it works well