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Offline justinlasky

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Avast Will Not Uninstall
« on: October 05, 2020, 02:10:54 AM »
I have the free version of Avast and have had it for years.  Now, trying to uninstall I have tried everything listed in various websites and this forum and cannot get it to uninstall.  I tried regular mode, safe mode, regular control panel uninstall, avastclear download, etc., etc.  No luck.  It's stuck on the uninstall screen with zero progress no matter what I do. 

Please help me.  If I just delete all the files, folders, and registry keys via Revo Uninstaller, will that cause problems?  Thanks for your help.

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« Last Edit: October 05, 2020, 02:15:15 AM by justinlasky »

Offline wratho_g

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Re: Avast Will Not Uninstall
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2020, 04:47:52 AM »
Read this thread: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=238475.0

That should probably help, until a fix is rolled out by the devs.

Offline justinlasky

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Re: Avast Will Not Uninstall
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2020, 05:12:01 AM »
Hi, that thread has no solution that makes any sense to me.  Can someone make a step by step version I can use?

What does this mean:

"Right click and troubleshoot compatability
Test software / run in windows 8."

Offline proxify

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Re: Avast Will Not Uninstall
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2020, 12:06:05 PM »
Hi, that thread has no solution that makes any sense to me.  Can someone make a step by step version I can use?

What does this mean:

"Right click and troubleshoot compatability
Test software / run in windows 8."

Download the utility to uninstall.
Run windows in safe mode.
When you open in safe mode, right click the utility and click troubleshoot compatability.

its quite simple and should work for you.

Offline strakl

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Re: Avast Will Not Uninstall
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2020, 03:37:10 PM »
Yes it shouldn't be an  issue to run a file in compatibility mode, when you choose that, then just choose that it ran on windows 8 and that should solve it.