The exact error message
Local machine: installation failed
Initialization:
Error: Checking of state of the item file avgcc.exe failed.
File opening failed. %FILE% = "C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe"
Permission denied
Steps
Is your user account an admin account? ... you must be an admin to install / repair AVG.
Download the latest AVG Free installation package from [free.grisoft.com].
Run the AVG Free install file.
Choose the Uninstall option and follow the setup wizard, when you get to the part to remove user settings, select it.
Restart your computer then...
Now reinstall AVG using the setup file you got in step 1 and update it.
If Problem Still Exists
But if still AVG is not getting uninstall then
Download SubInAcl and run the .msi file to extract it to a folder on your hard drive.
Using NotePad, copy/paste these commands into a file called reset.cmd (create it in the same directory that you extracted subinacl.exe to) Quote: subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=system=f subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=system=f subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=system=f subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=system=f then run reset.cmd
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