Avast Free version 8 install fails. It had Avast on it a while ago, but the End User put a lot of other crap on this unit since the last time I touched it last year, including other antivirus and security crap which I cleaned out before trying to reinstall Avast.
The Avast install log mentions this:
26.04.201321:19:19Return code: 0x000036B1 [The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.]
Event Log (Windows):
Log Name: Application
Source: SideBySide
Date: 4/26/2013 9:32:06 PM
Event ID: 59
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: xxxxxxxx
Description:
Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\ashBase.dll".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57.manifest" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.
Did an sfc /scannow
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of th
em.
Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example
C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log
The system file repair changes will take effect after the next reboot.
Any ideas how to fix this, short of a nuke and pave of the hard drive?
I've run the Avast cleaner, reinstalled all of the MS C++ packages to no avail...