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harkonenn

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Avast Free 5.0.418 Scan Context Menu Entry is Missing
« on: March 05, 2010, 05:08:27 PM »
I'm running Avast Free v 5.0.418 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Until today, I was able to right-click on a file, set of files or folder and then select the Avast "scan..." item from the context menu. Now the context menu entry is missing - the icon is gone, the text is gone. I tried editing the avast5.ini file to add "ShellExtensionIcon=1", rebooted, but it's still missing.

Please help!!!

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Re: Avast Free 5.0.418 Scan Context Menu Entry is Missing
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2010, 06:54:36 PM »
Can you try to repair your installation?
Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > avast! antivirus > Remove. Then choose Repair function in the popup window (Repair).
If this does not help, can you uninstall / boot / install / boot again?
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harkonenn

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Re: Avast Free 5.0.418 Scan Context Menu Entry is Missing
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2010, 06:56:05 PM »
The repair worked! Thank you very much!  ;D

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Re: Avast Free 5.0.418 Scan Context Menu Entry is Missing
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2010, 06:56:42 PM »
The repair worked! Thank you very much!  ;D
You're welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help or just to change experiences 8)
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