In case anyone else has this problem, I did find the answer I needed. I had looked everywhere including FAQ, message boards, and the tech support areas. It was no where to be found, but then I found a section called, "other problems".
here is the answer...
Q: What should I do when I see this error message: "Unknown error. Program cannot set property into main Storage"?
A: This error message is displayed when your ODBC drivers are too old, or damaged, or if they aren´t installed properly. avast! uses this drivers by default. There are two solutions of this problem:
Install current ODBC drivers provided by Microsoft. You can download them from
this page http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6c050fe3-c795-4b7d-b037-185d0506396c&DisplayLang=en.
Don´t use the ODBC drivers and use XML. To setup avast! use XML, follow these steps:
Open the file avast4.ini located in C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\DATA in Notepad.
Find the section [COMMON]
In this section change the row
Database=ODBC to Database=XML
Save the file
Restart your computer
Edited to add: Thank you for your help, technical
Jamie