Thanks DavidR. There's something for me to investigate. I only have one machine with 'Free' and it looks like it's gone 'glitchy' on me!
No problem, do you have it on Auto or Ask (default is Ask on latest version I believe), if on Auto I don't know if the options change. I have always set mine on Ask regardless of what the default is/was as I prefer to have full control over any interaction.
Further investigation results
1. It doesn't matter whether you have it on 'Ask' or 'Auto', clicking next time 'Run normally' on the 'Auto' dialog (avast!FreeAutosandbox_5.jpg) will create an exception entry.
2. The greyed out 'Remember my answer...' checkbox is only
apparently incorrect.
Note in the attached shots (avast!FreeAutosandbox_4.jpg & avast!FreeAutosandbox_3.jpg) not only is the checkbox greyed but the red text is also inappropriate. What's happening is that while the drop-down/combo selection
appears to change on screen, the actual program setting is
not changing, i.e. it's the unchanged grey checkbox and red text that remain correct, the 'Open normally' or 'Cancel opening 'have not actually changed. Even if I choose 'Cancel opening' it still opens it in the sandbox.
3. The 'Ask' or 'Auto' choice in Autosandbox mode are also "sticky" but in a slightly different way.
Choosing either and immediately clicking 'OK' results in no change. However changing from one to the other and waiting 3 seconds before clicking 'OK'
does effect the change