Application cannot load skin. Function usiGetSkin Failed

[Humberto Maia]

I have installed avast! 4 Home and everytime I try to open it, I get an "unknown error message", "Application cannot load skin. Function usiGetSkin Failed".
Why it happen all to often?

[DavidR]

Try this link - http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=10544.msg89833#msg89833

Or - http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=9426.msg78693#msg78693

Or if they don't work try a search of these forums for usiGetSkin returns many hits as this topic has been previously discussed a number of times.

[Lisandro]

About the "usigetskin failed" issue, if the repair does not solve it:
You will have to register ACTSKIN4.OCX
Follow the instructions:

Select START -> RUN...
Enter the following command:
If you have Windows NT or 2000:
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE ACTSKIN4.OCX
If you have Windows 95, 98 or ME:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\REGSVR32.EXE ACTSKIN4.OCX
If you have Windows XP:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE ACTSKIN4.OCX
Press OK (or Enter).
A message saying that the file was successfully registered should appear...

For some reason, ActiveSkin (the 3rd party library avast uses for skinning) does not seem to be working on your system. As a workaround, we may disable skinning in avast - that should solve the problem.
To do that, open the file <avast>\data\avast4.ini, look up the [UserInterface] section, and add the following entry:
StartWithSkin=0

[gretchengizmo]

When I apply the Start/Run option with C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE ACTSKIN4.OCX another error message reads "file path not found".
Please help me correct this problem.
Thank you.

[Lisandro]

Gretchengizmo, which is your operational system?
Did you search your computer to REGSVR32.EXE file?
Use the "file path" between quotes, excluding the ocx file, like this:
"C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE" ACTSKIN4.OCX

Or, enter the following command:

If you have Windows NT or 2000:
"C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE" ACTSKIN4.OCX

If you have Windows 95, 98 or ME:
"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\REGSVR32.EXE" ACTSKIN4.OCX

If you have Windows XP:
"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\REGSVR32.EXE" ACTSKIN4.OCX

If you have Windows x64:
"C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\REGSVR32.EXE" ACTSKIN4.OCX