Resident Protection Icon is Missing

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I used “Advanced Windows Care V2 Personal” to try to speed up my laptop as was when I first purchased it. After i finished the scan I lost my Avast Icon in the tray.

I’m using XP Vista, please advise.

Thanks

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  1. Check the option in the Appearance tab of settings.
    or
  2. Repair your avast installation through Control Panel.
    or
  3. Make a link to ashdisp.exe in your startup folder
    or
  4. 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.