avast Free version does not automatically restart after Win XP restart

Hi there,

I am a loyal user of the avast Free version.
My current avest free version is 6.0.1203.

Recently I have to switch off avast temporarily during some other computer operation.
However I may have wrongly used right-click on the avast tray icon and selected: “Disable permanently” under “avest shield control”. For after that operation, when I restart Win XP (pro edition) avest no longer run automatically. I have to run avest program before the program runs again and the avest tray icon shows again.

I confirm this issue with Windows Task Manager as well:
After restarting Win XP only AvestSvc.exe is active;
only after manually running Avest then both AvestSvc.exe & AvestUI.exe are active processes)

I have checked the setting in Avest, and the option for “showing avest tray icon” (in basic setting) has been tagged already. So please help, for I think my computer is not protected if I fail to remember to manually run avest after restarting Windows.
Thanks.

Regards,
Ricky

Can you please try to repair avast through uninstall programs, if no luck with that it may require a clean install of avast.