User Guide

Building and Installing Wireshark
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Warning!
If you have an older version of WinPcap installed, you must uninstall it before installing the
current version. Recent versions of the WinPcap installer will take care of this.
2.8.5. Uninstall Wireshark
You can uninstall Wireshark the usual way, using the "Add or Remove Programs" option inside the Control
Panel. Select the "Wireshark" entry to start the uninstallation procedure.
The Wireshark uninstaller will provide several options as to which things are to be uninstalled; the default
is to remove the core components but keep the personal settings, WinPcap and alike.
WinPcap won't be uninstalled by default, as other programs than Wireshark may use it as well.
2.8.6. Uninstall WinPcap
You can uninstall WinPcap independently of Wireshark, using the "WinPcap" entry in the "Add or Remove
Programs" of the Control Panel.
Note!
After uninstallation of WinPcap you can't capture anything with Wireshark.
It might be a good idea to reboot Windows afterwards.