When you are still in SafeZone, can't you press <alt>+<F4> to close/finish/exit?
Task Manager also has an option -> always on top, so maybe you could try under Windows Safe Mode to set this option.
Tried Alt-F4. No response. I tried Alt-F1 thru 12, F1 thru 12, Alt-Tab, Ctrl-Alt-Tab, Alt-Shift-Tab, Shift-Tab, Winkey-Tab, Winkey-D, Ctrl-Winkey-D, Menu key, Aero key, Flip3D key, Ctrl-Alt-Esc and a few others.
When I rebooted into Safe Mode and logged on, Safe Zone restarted immediately. I had a similar issue in the past while installing a video driver; the installer screen kept hiding the Task Manager. Now, I always leave Task Manager set to Always On Top.
THE FOLLOWING FIXES THIS PROBLEM (for me)
- Restart Computer and Enter BIOS.
- Find setting for virtualization
- Turn off virtuialization
- Save changes and exit bios
- Log in to windows
- (I attempted update of avast but there were none maybe dont need to do this)
- Restart computer
- Turn virtualization
- problem solved
Andy, tried your idea. For me, it didn't work.
The problem account on the PC is the only
active administrators account (The built-in Admin account is disabled). The PC has a few standard user accounts setup. I am able to logon to the machine with a standard user account without SafeZone popping up.
I'm going to try to uninstall Avast from inside the standard account. However, the Avast self-defence module is enabled. Perhaps UAC will prompt me for authentication. If that works I will logon the admin account and try to reinstall Avast.
If that doesn't work, I'll try inserting my Windows desk and selecting repair.