Per Dustin:
>Use AVAST clean uninstall utility. 
>
>www.avast.com/en-us/uninstall-utility
>
>Then, after rebooting, reinstall.
>
>Lemme know if it still messes up and we'll go from there.

That did the trick.

Thanks!


Tangential Question:  Is Avast getting more aggressive in selling stuff?
I noted that this install installed DropBox with no option to skip the
installation.
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Pete Cresswell
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