This just started happening a week ago. On a daily basis Avast creates a shortcut icon on my desktop. Prior to that it would only happen when there was an update. I keep deleting the shortcut and within a day it’s back. I never use that shortcut so I have no use for it.
Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to stop it?
Thanks for confirming.
Many things don’t take affect till a system restart.
Any time you make changes to your system, it’s always wise to do a restart.
Avast keeps putting icon on desktop after every restart of the computer (stupid function).
Nothing will help, even delete it as an administrator or reinstall the program.
Only thing that help is to turn off Avast self-defense, then after deletion it stops appearing.
Do you mean you see multiple shortcut icons on your desktop, or you do not want the shortcut on your desktop, but after you delete it, it is re-added?
Can you provide a screenshot, please? https://support.avast.com/en-ww/article/Create-screenshot