Error from installing npcap: 0x80070005
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Description
Hello everyone,
I am trying to install the npcap for Wireshark and I met this problem:

I tried to install the latest version many times but nothing worked.
So how can I fix this error?
Thank you, Huy Nguyen.
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- Tech stack
- c
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- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
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- Over a week
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