Interesting. From the official 1.8.2 64-bit release:
Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 9.00.21022.08
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Dump of file c:\program files\wireshark\wireshark.exe
PE signature found
File Type: EXECUTABLE IMAGE
FILE HEADER VALUES
8664 machine (x64)
6 number of sections
502BCA0F time date stamp Wed Aug 15 11:10:55 2012
0 file pointer to symbol table
0 number of symbols
F0 size of optional header
22 characteristics
Executable
Application can handle large (>2GB) addresses
OPTIONAL HEADER VALUES
20B magic # (PE32+)
10.00 linker version
196600 size of code
188600 size of initialized data
0 size of uninitialized data
195120 entry point (0000000140195120)
1000 base of code
140000000 image base (0000000140000000 to 0000000140322FFF)
1000 section alignment
200 file alignment
5.02 operating system version
0.00 image version
5.02 subsystem version
0 Win32 version
323000 size of image
400 size of headers
30BE6E checksum
2 subsystem (Windows GUI)
8140 DLL characteristics
Dynamic base
NX compatible
Terminal Server Aware
100000 size of stack reserve
1000 size of stack commit
100000 size of heap reserve
1000 size of heap commit
0 loader flags
10 number of directories
And from my local build based on 1.8.2:
Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 9.00.21022.08
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Dump of file c:\program files\wireshark\wireshark.exe
PE signature found
File Type: EXECUTABLE IMAGE
FILE HEADER VALUES
8664 machine (x64)
6 number of sections
50A2870D time date stamp Tue Nov 13 11:44:45 2012
0 file pointer to symbol table
0 number of symbols
F0 size of optional header
22 characteristics
Executable
Application can handle large (>2GB) addresses
OPTIONAL HEADER VALUES
20B magic # (PE32+)
10.00 linker version
199800 size of code
18A000 size of initialized data
0 size of uninitialized data
198260 entry point (0000000140198260)
1000 base of code
140000000 image base (0000000140000000 to 0000000140326FFF)
1000 section alignment
200 file alignment
6.01 operating system version
0.00 image version
6.01 subsystem version
0 Win32 version
327000 size of image
400 size of headers
0 checksum
2 subsystem (Windows GUI)
8140 DLL characteristics
Dynamic base
NX compatible
Terminal Server Aware
100000 size of stack reserve
1000 size of stack commit
100000 size of heap reserve
1000 size of heap commit
0 loader flags
10 number of directories
The differences appear to be "operating system version" (5.02 for official, 6.01 for local) and "subsystem version" (same values). I would imagine that would at least contribute to the problem.
But I'm not sure how to correct it.