Hi,
I have the latest free version of Avast (2015.10.0.2208) running on Vista SP2 (32-bit). Until recently, I was able to right-click on the tray icon and bring up a context menu from which I could temporarily disable the shields, open the UI, etc. Today I tried that for the first time in a while, and the context menu wouldn’t open. Not only that, but there was no Avast entry in the Start menu either, so I didn’t have any way to bring up the UI.
Stopping and restarting the Avast service didn’t make any difference. I used the Windows control panel to perform a “repair” on Avast. That brought back the start menu options, so at least I could open the UI, but the tray icon still does not bring up a context menu. It animates when scanning is being done, so I think most of it is working OK; I just cannot launch the UI or control the shields from it as I used to do.
Has this capability been disabled in this build of Avast? If so, please, please, PLEASE re-enable it. Without this degree of control, Avast would become a lot less useful to me.