I am using Wireshark 1.10.7, whenever I make any changes in preferences and click Apply/Ok, I am getting the follow error "Can't create directory "C:\Users\Admin\Application Data\Wireshark" for preferences file: File exists. I tried uninstalling and removing all the registry file related to Wireshark and install it again, still hte issue persist. I also removed the wireshark folder from AppData\Roaming folder that didn't help either. Please Help me resolve this issue. asked 07 May '14, 13:52  prashant4uall |
One Answer:
That sounds like a Windows file permission problem. Please check the permissions of C:\Users\Admin\Application Data\Wireshark. To verify the problem: Open the preferences file in an editor. Modify something and then try to save it. If you get the same error: Check your file permissions (see above). If you don't get the error: Please tell us how you started Wireshark, as then it apparently is running within a different user context. Regards answered 09 May '14, 11:06  Kurt Knochner ♦ edited 09 May '14, 11:06 |
Kurt,
As per your suggested I opened preferences file in Notepad, edited it and saved it without any error.
I tried to start it as an Administrator from Start Menu and Program Files\wireshark\wireshark.exe still facing the same issue.
Checked the Permission for Wireshark folder in C:\Users\Current user\AppData\Roaming\Wireshark, it does have full access.
Thanks, Prashant
Did you also try to start it as user Admin (as shown in the path)?
Did you also check the path
or is that the same?