How to use "Bank Mode"?

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I recently upgraded to Internet Security.  I have no idea how to properly use "Bank Mode".  I have searched for tutorials and if there is one, I haven't been able to locate it.

Can somebody please point me to a resource to use Bank Mode properly?

TIA! 

[Pondus]

https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB17#artTitle

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When I click on the icon on my desktop I get the following error:

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Your preference files cannot be read
Some features maybe unavailable and changes to settings wont be made
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So what do I do now?  TY!

[Pondus]

Does this help?    https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB204#artTitle

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TY!  Won't be able to try the fix until later. Will report results.

[bob3160]

Repair Avast:
Control Panel> Program and Features (Add/remove program)>Select Avast> Select Repair. Reboot when completed
https://www.avast.com/faq.php?article=AVKB204


If Repair doesn't fix the problem, try the following:
Clean Install of Avast:
https://goo.gl/4Ptzkf
If you need additional help with the Clean Install, watch this:
https://youtu.be/p-h3myRD51A

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The repair did not work.

Will now do a clean install.

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I will start by saying that for the 2nd time an Avast product that I paid for has let me down and caused more problems than it's maybe worth.  here's what i did;

1. Repair = did not solve the problem
2. Went thru the process of dloading the cleaning utility as well as the product I purchased.

During the utility it booted into safe mode, did it's thing, then asking me if I wanted to reboot?  YES

So then when trying to reboot in safe mode, (I run Win7 64) when the screen got to the "shutting down" with the turning circle, the computer froze on that screen.  The circle was still turning but my processor was idle.

So then I press the power button to force shutdown.  "OK, no big deal" I say to myself.

Boot the computer back up.....Bank Mode seems to work like it should....GREAT!!!!

Go to shut down the PC and it hangs on the same "shutting down" screen.  Have to press the power button to shut it down.

So here I sit with a PC that won't shut down in it's own now....and I'm not techie enough to know what to look for.  I've spent over an hour on this all and I'm in worse shape (IMO) than when I started over an hour ago.

THis reminds me of the problems I had installing the Avast Sandbox (or whatever it was called) two'ish years ago.  Nothing but problems with the install and I gave up and went back to the free version.

And before you rip me for using the free version, I have been a contributor to the fine folks who put Avast out there for us to use.

Can you tell I'm not happy?

Going to bed now..........and help out there?

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And now it seems I have lost all of my usernames and passwords.  I paid for the Avast password protection and that's now gone........argh!!!

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And now my Outlook 2016 is all messed up!   Argh!