Installing v1.70 on Windows appears not to work
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Description
I have just upgraded WireShark to a new version on Windows 11 and as part of the process I have re-installed npcap v1.70. My previous version of WireShark and npcap was working fine.
WireShark seems to think npcap isn't installed and doesn't list the network interfaces.
I can see npcap files in 'Program Files\npcap' and 'Windows\System32\npcap' but I don't think npcap is running. If I type 'net start npcap' in an administrator command window I get 'The service name is invalid'. Running 'sc query npcap' returns '[SC] EnumQueryServicesStatus:OpenService FAILED 1060: The specified service does not exist as an installed service.'
I have generally restarted the PC between installs and uninstalls. I am not an experienced npcap (or WireShark) user and now I have no idea what to do next .
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the v1.70 installation on Windows 11 and inspect whether the npcap service is registered, using the reported net start npcap and sc query npcap commands. Done means the service is installed and running and Wireshark detects the available network interfaces.
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- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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- 25/100