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Why do I see "The NPF driver isn't running. You may have trouble capturing or listing interfaces." when starting Wireshark?

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Mar 15, 202635814 views
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When I start up Wireshark, why do I see this message? "The NPF driver isn't running. You may have trouble capturing or listing interfaces."

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Fix for: Why do I see "The NPF driver isn't running. You may have trouble capturing or listing interfaces." when starting Wireshark?

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You need to run Wireshark with administrator privileges. Exit Wireshark. Find Wireshark on the Start Menu. Right-click on it. Select "Run as administrator", Click "Yes" in the user account control dialog.

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