Unable to open Avast..help!

[ABP21]

I don't know what's up..but whenever I click on the avast icon it does the registry scan and then when it's done the program never opens up...nothing happens, nothing opens up, it's a blank screen..I don't know why this happens,..can anyone help me out..what should I do..do I need to uninstall it and then install it again..or is there a way to fix this..?
-Thanks:)

[Confused Computer User]

I had a similar issue. It had to do with a visual aspect of Vista. Will double clicking on the avast icon again open it?

if that is the case then you can edit avast4.ini found at C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA

-Using Notepad scroll to the [Common] section,
-add the following line to the section SunbeltKPFHack=2, save the file.
-You will be prompted by the avast! self-defence module if this is OK. Answer Yes.

If this helps say so. If not please report back and mention if possible your system configuration (ie Operating system, security softwares past and present other than avast, processor speed, RAM etc)

[ABP21]

I had a similar issue. It had to do with a visual aspect of Vista. Will double clicking on the avast icon again open it?

if that is the case then you can edit avast4.ini found at C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA

-Using Notepad scroll to the [Common] section,
-add the following line to the section SunbeltKPFHack=2, save the file.
-You will be prompted by the avast! self-defence module if this is OK. Answer Yes.

If this helps say so. If not please report back and mention if possible your system configuration (ie Operating system, security softwares past and present other than avast, processor speed, RAM etc)

Yup! it worked, thank you so much!:)

[Confused Computer User]

No prob.

Glad to be of help.