0x8007007e

<setupapi.dev.log>

[Deinstall network driver]

Section start 2025/04/18 13:55:51.630
cmd: "C:\Program Files\Npcap\NPFInstall.exe" -n -i2
<<< Section end 2025/04/18 13:55:51.640
<<< [Exit status: FAILURE(0x8007007e)]

[Deinstall network driver]
Section start 2025/04/18 13:55:51.640
cmd: "C:\Program Files\Npcap\NPFInstall.exe" -n -i2
<<< Section end 2025/04/18 13:55:51.650
<<< [Exit status: FAILURE(0x8007007e)]

[SetupCopyOEMInf - C:\Program Files\Npcap\NPCAP.inf]
Section start 2025/04/18 13:55:51.660
cmd: "C:\Program Files\Npcap\NPFInstall.exe" -n -i2
inf: Copy style: 0x00000000
sto: {Setup Import Driver Package: C:\Program Files\Npcap\NPCAP.inf} 13:55:51.670
inf: Provider: Nmap Project
inf: Class GUID: {4D36E974-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
inf: Driver Version: 02/18/2025,12.32.29.913
inf: Catalog File: npcap.cat
sto: {Copy Driver Package: C:\Program Files\Npcap\NPCAP.inf} 13:55:51.680
sto: Driver Package = C:\Program Files\Npcap\NPCAP.inf
sto: Flags = 0x00000007
sto: Destination = C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}
sto: Copying driver package files to 'C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}'.
flq: {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT} 13:55:51.680
flq: Copying 'C:\Program Files\Npcap\npcap.cat' to 'C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}\npcap.cat'.
flq: Copying 'C:\Program Files\Npcap\NPCAP.inf' to 'C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}\NPCAP.inf'.
flq: Copying 'C:\Program Files\Npcap\npcap.sys' to 'C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}\npcap.sys'.
flq: {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT - exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.700
sto: {Copy Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.700
ump: Import flags: 0x00000000
pol: {Driver package policy check} 13:55:51.760
pol: {Driver package policy check - exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.760
sto: {Stage Driver Package: C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}\NPCAP.inf} 13:55:51.760
inf: {Query Configurability: C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}\NPCAP.inf} 13:55:51.770
inf: Driver package 'NPCAP.inf' is configurable.
inf: {Query Configurability: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.770
flq: {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT} 13:55:51.770
flq: Copying 'C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}\npcap.cat' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp{77adaace-18d2-5b43-81ce-fa1d3ae60bd6}\npcap.cat'.
flq: Copying 'C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}\NPCAP.inf' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp{77adaace-18d2-5b43-81ce-fa1d3ae60bd6}\NPCAP.inf'.
flq: Copying 'C:\Users\jmh\AppData\Local\Temp{e17cae27-1b3e-3847-b05c-4987b417d114}\npcap.sys' to 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp{77adaace-18d2-5b43-81ce-fa1d3ae60bd6}\npcap.sys'.
flq: {FILE_QUEUE_COMMIT - exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.780
sto: {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT VALIDATE} 13:55:51.790
sig: Driver package catalog is valid.
sig: {_VERIFY_FILE_SIGNATURE} 13:55:51.830
sig: Key = NPCAP.inf
sig: FilePath = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp{77adaace-18d2-5b43-81ce-fa1d3ae60bd6}\NPCAP.inf
sig: Catalog = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp{77adaace-18d2-5b43-81ce-fa1d3ae60bd6}\npcap.cat
sig: Success: File is signed in catalog.
sig: {_VERIFY_FILE_SIGNATURE exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.840
sto: {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT VALIDATE: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.840
sig: Signer Score = 0x0D000005 (WHQL)
sig: Signer Name = Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
sig: Submission ID = 84957980_13979116860972510_1152921505698910604
sto: {Core Driver Package Import: npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a} 13:55:51.840
sto: {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT BEGIN} 13:55:51.840
sto: {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT BEGIN: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.840
cpy: {Copy Directory: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\Temp{77adaace-18d2-5b43-81ce-fa1d3ae60bd6}} 13:55:51.840
cpy: Target Path = C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a
cpy: {Copy Directory: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.850
idb: {Register Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a\NPCAP.inf} 13:55:51.850
idb: Created driver package object 'npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a' in DRIVERS database node.
idb: Created driver INF file object 'oem99.inf' in DRIVERS database node.
idb: Registered driver package 'npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a' with 'oem99.inf'.
idb: {Register Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.850
idb: {Publish Driver Package: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a\NPCAP.inf} 13:55:51.850
idb: Activating driver package 'npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a'.
cpy: Published 'npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a\npcap.inf' to 'oem99.inf'.
idb: Indexed 3 device IDs for 'npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a'.
sto: Flushed driver database node 'DRIVERS'. Time = 0 ms
sto: Flushed driver database node 'SYSTEM'. Time = 0 ms
idb: {Publish Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.860
sto: {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT END} 13:55:51.870
dvi: Flushed all driver package files to disk. Time = 0 ms
sig: Installed catalog 'npcap.cat' as 'oem99.cat'.
sto: {DRIVERSTORE IMPORT END: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.960
sto: {Core Driver Package Import: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.960
sto: {Stage Driver Package: exit(0x00000000)} 13:55:51.960
sto: {Setup Import Driver Package - exit (0x00000000)} 13:55:52.130
inf: Driver Store Path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\npcap.inf_amd64_fff8958d177ca58a\NPCAP.inf
inf: Published Inf Path: C:\WINDOWS\INF\oem99.inf
<<< Section end 2025/04/18 13:55:52.130
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]

The report includes setupapi.dev.log output for NPFInstall.exe while importing NPCAP.inf and shows failure 0x8007007e during driver deinstallation. Start by reproducing the failure and tracing the NPFInstall.exe path involved; done means identifying and resolving the cause of the failed operation.