I just dnld the cnet free vers. seems to run fine and hopefully doing its job.
Problem : I clicked on exit at the tray icom to cancel the background run since I was
off the internet and was going to do something that want everything stopped.
me thinks I should have done it differently cause I cant get it back to run for when
I an online (or at all )
I re-ran the downloaded file ( which did a repair ) but this didnt work.
do I need to un-install and then re- install ? ?
and- yes the icon in the tray is gone - wish I knew how to do that so I could
get rid of things left there by old uninstalled programs.
running XP /sp2 avast4 IE6
ted
You just shutdown all the antivirus… stopping it.
If you boot, won’t it come back?
- Check the option in the Appearance tab of settings.
or - Repair your avast installation through Control Panel.
or - Make a link to ashdisp.exe in your startup folder
or - Add the path to ashDisp.exe into a value named avast! in the Windows Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
See picture here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=26155.msg213891#msg213891
If that does not help, please, uninstall, boot, install again, boot.
What other security based software do you have that might block new startup entries, e.g. Spybot S&D (TeaTimer), AdAware (AdWatch), SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor (StartUpGuard), PrevX, WinPatrol, ProcessGuard, etc.?
a. booting will not restart since the startup line was dropped from the startup list.
I like haveing a clean machine 
… I usually run nothing in the background which assures
the cpu will have no drags. some, like norton will slow down the whole kit and kaboodle - I have
more than one reason to dislike norty.
for years and years I have not run anti anything. Not even the firewall. lately I have been trying a few, and now, on avast.
I like the oncall ability but need to figure how to get it running in background only when online, and
not run at all other times.
the only other thing I run is CCleaner - immediately after doing my online loop - ebay - yahoo - hotmail, and
occasionally a known retail site to check prices. this is why I have never botthered with anti virus pgms.
hahaha since I downldd avast - I have been getting hit with a company ’ malware ’ that jumps up and
runs a ’ check ’ and finds lots of trojans. but to fix you have to pay the bucks.
last night at shutdn I cleared all cookys - int files etc… plus the whole prefetch dir. ran all my checker pgms
so we shall see how malware is getting in .
your second answer 1. there is no option whithin appearance or setting 2. already tried that but it didnt change the
startup since it did a repair (my re-install)and didnt fix everything. 3. I will try that and or 4. reg key
there is a way to change the task tray contents. I did it last year after a lot of clicking around - but being
the idiot I am - I didnt write it down - so now I will have to look again. probably fire up my old pc and see if
there is a pgm that I had used, or a note i followed hahahaha the hunt is afoot…
and … as I figured - if all else fails - uninstall and re- do it all.
okay - ran ashDisp.exe and zowee - now back in tray and functioning.
I will not put into startup since I dont want it running always. makeing
a desktop shortcut…
so far 
no ‘malware’ invasion. probably came with the downld - lessee -hmmm the dnld was
done thru a third party after cnet - so mayhaps been attached there.
now back to the tray access search ;D
thanks tech,
ted
Glad you finally have everything like you want.