Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Cannor start Wireshark portable 1.2.0

[Kovarththanan Rajaratnam <krj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

Graeme Lunt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I've just installed Wireshark Portable 1.2.0 on my favorite USB on a
> > Dell/Win XP SP2.
> > Installation went ok, but when startng WiresharkPortable.exe, I get the
> > following error message:
> >
> > Runtime Error!
> >
> > Program E:\WiresharkPortable\App\Wireshark\dumpcap.exe
> >
> > The application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
> > Please contact the application's support team for more information
>
> It sounds like WinPcap didn't get installed.
> Did you see the WinPcap installation and maybe cancel it?
> Or did you not see it at all?
>
> Is the Wireshark window still present, but you can't do any capturing?

It looks like the Wireshark Portable installer points to an incorrect 
WinPcap installer. See:

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3547

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Best regards,
Kovarththanan Rajaratnam