Thanks Dch48 and DavidR. At least I know it's not just my system. I thought for awhile there I might be going crazy.
You are not crazy as the path they are checking in XP is not set %ProgramData in:
FileKey1=%ProgramData%\Alwil Software\Avast5\report|avast
In XP go to Start then Run... then enter cmd then set to see the Environment variables and %ProgramData% does not exist.
You could go to PROFILE then
Modify Profile then update your
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