Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] This application has failed to start because wiretap-0.3.dll was not found

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Robert Trybis wrote:
> Under XP I have built wireshark.exe from release 0.99.4
>
> When I try to run the programme I get a popup titled “wireshark.exe – 
> Unable to Locate Component” with the message
>
> “This application has failed to start because wiretap-0.3.dll was not 
> found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem.”
>
> I can see copies of wiretap-0.3.dll in three directories;
>
> wiretap
>
> wireshark-gtk1
>
> wireshark-gtk2
>
> These appear to have been created by the build, they are all the same 
> size, and all have the same modification date/time so I am presuming 
> they are identical.
>
> How does wireshark locate the dlls?
>
> Should the build be registering the dlls?
>
> Any ideas how to fix this?
You need to run wireshark from the wireshark-gtk2 dir, it contains the 
complete environment (dlls and such).

Regards, ULFL