I am wondering why does my avast icon not show up by the clock anymore? just all of a sudden it stopped showing down there. is there a way to make sure that is down there.
Darnell,
I am experiencing the same problems. I don’t have the avast @-bal in my menu any longer. I am wondering if I have to uninstall the current programm and install avast all over again? Can I do this with the same registration key?
Mar
Hello Darnell and Mar…
to quote Technical ;D
Did you already tryed to ‘repair’ your avast installation (Control Panel)?
You can uninstall/boot/install/boot too…
I found it in an earlier post…
Mar, if you need to reinstall, it’s the same key…
Good Luck!
cojo
This link might be of use:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=1647
This entry in the avast4.ini file if not there could help.
[AAVM]
ShowTaskbarIcon=0 Suppress the system tray icon; Show it = 1
So your entry to display the Icon should be, unless I am mistaken (yet again) should be.
ShowTaskbarIcon=1
I’ve read almost everything of this topic in order to compare my ini file with the original settings.
I’ve found something strange. The part between splashtestmemory and homepage0405 is missing in the ini file on my pc. And my splashtestmemory contains an 1, whatever that means.
Furthermore I don’t know what CoJo means with the Control Panel where you can ‘repair’ the installation.
I’ve the Dutch version and I can see ‘instellingen’ but I can’t find a place where I can uninstall/boot etc.
Maybe I’m looking in the wrong place, can I just de-install everything and install again by internet?
By the way i’m using XP home-edition, maybe it’s an known problem, because i’ve heard a collegue who’s experiencing the same problem.
Hope there’s still someone who can help me ???
Mar
I also use XPHome…
start/settings/control panel/add&remove programs
Avast should be listed there…I am not sure if the Dutch version has repair option or just the English version.
Good Luck,
cojo
m.m., that was not the original avast4.ini file but my avast4.ini file commented and explained. That settings won’t harm your avast installation but not all of them are added by ‘default’.
Control Panel
Add/Remove programs applet
avast antivirus
Choose ‘Change’
A window will pop up: choose ‘Repair’ at left
Can you get it?
If ‘repair’ doesn’t work, try what you said: uninstall/boot/install/boot and see what you get… Btw, do you have any other antivirus application installed in your system?
does that mean avast is not protecting you if the icon is not in the taskbar? i am missing it also
Yes, probably you are not protected without the icon (if you do not hide it on purpose with ShowTaskbarIcon=0 setting).
You can check if you have these programs (services) running:
ashDisp.exe
ashMaiSv.exe
ashServ.exe
aswUpdSv.exe
(click CTRL+ALT+DEL) to see the list… 
I have the same problem and it appears when infected files come in I am not getting the notification I used to get. Downloaded and reinstalled yesterday and it ran OK for 1 day then went back to no icon showing.
Reading the previous post, I looked for ASHdisp in Taskmanager but it was not running, went into the progam file and started it then the icons appeared.
Ashdisp.exe is listed as a start up program in MSconfig so don’t understand why it is not starting when pc starts.
I have tried the repair option suggested with no difference.
and the show tray icon is set to 1
Any help appreciated
Re; My previous post
although I got the ASHdisp running from the program files it kept cutting out so
out of interest I uninstalled current version and then reinstalled an older version that I had downloaded at the start of April 2004, this appears to be running perfectly, icons in the system tray and no problems.
I seem to remember being asked to update the program files over last weekend and it was from then that the lack of icon started.
Perhaps a problem in the lastest download?
Sorry meant to say I am now running Build Mar2004 (4.1.357)
mehere, your version (4.1.357) has some nasty bugs that were corrected in the new one (4.1396).
What is your OS?
I am running XP pro
Let me ask a ‘silly’ question: is the icon Hidden on the system tray, I mean, if you right click on the system tray and configure the ‘notifications’ (I’m trying to translate into English) will it appears?
Have you tryed to repair your avast installation?
Hi again,
Have just downloaded the latest update (April2004 4.1.396) and gone back to the same problem with no icon in system tray.
I am also running Kerio pf.
I will uninstall v4.1.396 and try again with older version, might just be my system!
Could you try uninstalling Kerio, installing avast 4.1.396 and then, after, reinstall Kerio?
Technical,
I finally re-installed avast (and asked for new registration, which was unneccesary).
I have tried al the other sollutions but nothing worked. Now i’ve got the avast icon back, but I just wanted to tell you that i’m also under the expression that since the last update (to the latest version) my icon had disappeared. And no it was not hidding on the system tray.
Well I got my icon back right now, but I keep you informed when it disappears again.
Mar
hello,
I have uninstalled kerio and avast.
Rebooted
Downloaded the latest version of Avast (4.1.396) and installed.
Rebooted
Installed kerio
Rebooted
Still no icons in the system tray. (No they are not hidden.)
When checking mail I know has virus in, no message comes up to warn me.
Uninstalled Avast
Rebooted
Installed Avast older version (4.1.357)
Rebooted
Icons back in system tray and being told again I have messages with a virus in.
Only problem now is the pop up that tells me there is a new version of the program available to download, I am loathe to do so, but don’t know how to turn off the message.
Thanks for your help, I will stick with v4.1.357 for now unless you can think of anything else I could try. I have been using it for 5 weeks now and been very happy with it.
Do you have any other antivirus installed in your system?
Even in the past, did you install one?
Now I can only cry for Alwil team to help us with the version trouble…