After upgrading windows 11, Wireshark can’t get list of interfaces: packetgetadapternames reports an error

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After win10 is upgraded to win11, Wireshark displays Wireshark can’t get list of interfaces: packetgetadapternames: the system cannot find the specified path
packetgetadapternames is an API of WinPcap. Wireshark captures packets based on WinPcap or npcap. When installing Wireshark, an npcap or usbpcap will be automatically installed. I guess npcap or usbpcap may disappear after upgrading the system, so uninstall Wireshark and reinstall it. Just install npcap or usbpcap

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Remember to check all these options when uninstalling

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