How to get Wireshark to work with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
I am a long time user of WireShark and I frequently use it for demonstrations in my networking classes. I recently upgraded my instructor workstation and WireShark stopped working. It would start, but then hang. When I checked Task Manager, a process called dumpcap.exe was not responding and like in the movies, hard to kill. Let me share what I did to restore functionality and my sanity.
My first attempts involved uninstalling and reinstalling, with reboots before and after. This did not resolve the issue. I then tried going ever further back into the archives of old versions of WireShark. This also failed miserably. I tried running WireShark in compatibility modes for previous version of Windows – to no avail. Enough about the failures, here’s to success!
I will list exactly what I did but there may be steps that are unnecessary for you. Feel free to modify these steps if you wish. First, I uninstalled WireShark (and WinPcap 4.1.3, the latest at the time of this writing) and rebooted. I then downloaded WinPcap 10. It downloaded as an .msi file, which I installed. Then I downloaded the latest version of WireShark (version 2.2.2). When I installed WireShark, I made sure NOT to select the installation of WinPcap 4.1.3. The install completed successfully and I was able to run WireShark and capture packets again.
Here is a screenshot proving success!
This may work with other versions of Windows (Windows 10, for example) but I have not personally tried it out. Once MY machine worked I was happy. Hopefully, if someone else is experiencing this same pain with their previously working WireShark, these steps will help.
Until next time….
Mark Jacob
Cisco and CompTIA Network + Instructor – Interface Technical Training
Phoenix, AZ
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Worked great. Thank you.
Thanks a ton… i was about to format..
Solution given above worked..
Tried this process with Windows Server 2012r2 but still no luck getting it to run.
The program will not even launch, instantly throws error ” The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.”
Very frustrating.