Thank you for the kind note. But guess what - when I tried the free Win 10 upgrade and saw what happened to the gadgets, I uninstalled and returned to Win 7 the same day.
Besides of that, it was not only the gadgets that would not run any more after the AVG update. The other application that was apparently blocked (without notification, why is that by the way?) would not even run again when I put it on the exceptions list.
Just for the record - with the problem persisting after a complete remove and reinstall of AVG, I uninstalled AVG and am now using a competitor's anti virus product. Needless to say that I am not experiencing the troubles any more.
Hello Don,
Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Have you installed our AVG free antivirus program on your PC?
If yes, could you please confirm whether you have installed the latest version 2016?
Hello Don,
Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Have you installed our AVG free antivirus program on your PC?
If yes, could you please confirm whether you have installed the latest version 2016?
Yes, I'm running AVG AntiVirus Free Edition,
Version: 16.71.7596
Framework Version: 1.73.2.7662
Setup Version: 1.73.2.7513
Not sure what you mean by latest version 2016, but it says everything was up to date.
Thank you for the kind note. But guess what - when I tried the free Win 10 upgrade and saw what happened to the gadgets, I uninstalled and returned to Win 7 the same day.
Besides of that, it was not only the gadgets that would not run any more after the AVG update. The other application that was apparently blocked (without notification, why is that by the way?) would not even run again when I put it on the exceptions list.
Hello Don,
We do certainly understand your concern and we regret for the inconvenience caused. Could you please let us know few names of the program which has been blocked by the AVG program?
Thank you.
Hello Don,
We are sorry to know that you have uninstalled AVG program.
We would like to inform you that W7 gadgets were discontinued by Microsoft some time ago as they've had serious vulnerabilities. It's not recommended to use them. Fore more information regarding this, please have a look at this link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/gadgets.
Thank you.