I recently re-installed windows (xp sp2) from scratch and re-installed my main apps and games etc
one of the main apps i installed was avast 5 (i had avast 4 previously) now for some reason my games don't launch... every time i double clicked the game icon it would start up but would fail to launch completely. so i gave up and stopped trying for months until yesterday i double clicked the icon and it worked ! the game launched perfectly.....i tried to play again later on that day and it didn't work again
i think the problem might be avast 5, i stopped the program for 10 min (it's part of the features) and launched the game and it worked ! but alas when i tried it again it never work i tried stopping avast and then launched the game but no effect, it just doesn't launch... i added the game file as part of the exception on avast's file system shield but that doesn't work ...
so what going on ? why does the game launch sometimes and mostly doesn't ?
firewall is off, i have 2.5gb ram, intel Q9820 cpu i think (the quad one) and 450w psu with about 3 internal drives. graphics card is Geforce 9500gt 512mb using a hdmi cable (all drivers are up to date using driver genius prof)
Any idea whats going on ? is it avast and if so what can i do to stop it messing with my game without uninstalling it ...
Edit: The avast is the registered home edition (5)
one of the main apps i installed was avast 5 (i had avast 4 previously) now for some reason my games don't launch... every time i double clicked the game icon it would start up but would fail to launch completely. so i gave up and stopped trying for months until yesterday i double clicked the icon and it worked ! the game launched perfectly.....i tried to play again later on that day and it didn't work again
i think the problem might be avast 5, i stopped the program for 10 min (it's part of the features) and launched the game and it worked ! but alas when i tried it again it never work
i tried stopping avast and then launched the game but no effect, it just doesn't launch... i added the game file as part of the exception on avast's file system shield but that doesn't work ...so what going on ? why does the game launch sometimes and mostly doesn't ?
firewall is off, i have 2.5gb ram, intel Q9820 cpu i think (the quad one) and 450w psu with about 3 internal drives. graphics card is Geforce 9500gt 512mb using a hdmi cable (all drivers are up to date using driver genius prof)
Any idea whats going on ? is it avast and if so what can i do to stop it messing with my game without uninstalling it ...
Edit: The avast is the registered home edition (5)
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