[Winpcap-users] installation problem

[Gianluca Varenni]

Hi all.


As a matter of facts, the installer *should* be smart enough to detect when a previous installation is on the system, remove it *and* ask to reboot if necessary (basically, the installer knows which old versions require a reboot). The problem you encountered ("WinPcap 3.1 is already installed.....") is probably due to some other weird bug in the installer (it has nothing to do with reboot, in fact you had to force the installation of an old version to fix the issue).

Lou, do you know which old version of WinPcap was installed on your machine, so that I can try to replicate it on my machines and fix the installer?

Have a nice day
GV

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eric Hansen 
  To: winpcap-users at winpcap.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] installation problem


  No problemo :)  Word of advice though, after uninstalling anything dealing with drivers like WinPCap...restart RIGHT after uninstalling, or atleast don't remove the files yourself.


  On 11/15/05, Lou Jacobs <lou.jacobs at earthlink.net> wrote: 
    That got it!  Installed 2.0, uninstalled it, and 3.1 just installed.
    Thanks for the help!

    Eric Hansen wrote: 
      Try reinstalling the previous version...doubt it'll work, but worth a try.  Uninstall, then restart w/o removing any files.


      On 11/15/05, Lou Jacobs < lou.jacobs at earthlink.net> wrote: 
        I have restarted many times.  Still get the error.  I think there is another component of winpcap that was not removed from the previous un-installer that is causing the3.1  installer to think it is already installed.

        Eric Hansen wrote: 
          You have to restart after uninstalling.


          On 11/15/05, Lou Jacobs <lou.jacobs at earthlink.net > wrote: 
            I am having a problem with the new WinPcap 3.1.  I had a previous version installed, and had uninstalled it.  Now I am trying to install 3.1, but I keep getting an error message that 3.1 is already installed and the installation is aborting.  3.1 is not installed, there is not an un-installer or program directory.  I have removed packet.dll, nfs.dll, and cleaned the registry, but I keep getting this message that 3.1 is already installed.  

            Has anybody else experienced this?

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