Avast Free fails to install on win 10 Home 64 bit

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avast free fails to install in win 10 Home 64 bit, gets stuck at launch of executable C:\Program Files\AVAST\setup\CRT\InstallCrt.exe/avast/v140/debug/release....
 
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Glad to hear everything got installed smoothly. It's possible that some remnant of the Bitdefender installation was interfering somehow; I would check to make sure...

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Thanks for your reply COLgeek,
I left the PC on overnight disconnected from the web, ran DISM then sfc, upon checking just now I found that Avast has successfully installed, how long it took I have no idea but many thanks for your response.
A bit of background is that I had Bitdefender free installed for some time with no problem, then it was updated to the online free version which failed to install repeatedly. I uninstalled Bitdefender but could not get Windows Defender to run properly it only would run periodic scans hence the need for another AV program.

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Glad to hear everything got installed smoothly. It's possible that some remnant of the Bitdefender installation was interfering somehow; I would check to make sure that it is removed fully. Bitdefender does provide a removal tool for this purpose: https://www.bitdefender.com/uninstall/

 
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