ERROR: All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use.

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elusivestudio
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ERROR: All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use.

Post by elusivestudio » Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:26 pm

Hi all.. I am REALLY tearing out my hair with this one. I am trying to establish a connection in a java program I am writing and keep getting the error
All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use. Also get this error when testing with the OpenVPN GUI

I have enabled it, disabled it, created new ones, uninstalled and re-installed, restarted... NOTHING works. Just keep getting this error endlessly.

TAP-Windows Adapter v9 is up when I check network connections.

I am running Windows 10. Any ideas please, I normally can solve these issues through a Google search, but this time every "solution" is to either disable and re-enable the adapter or uninstall and re-install, which I've tried both.. multiple times.

Here are the ovpn configuration file I am using, provided by NordVPN
https://nordvpn.com/ovpn/

EDIT: I removed the Java code... get the same error in the GUI


If you need more information from me please let me know! Thanks

TinCanTech
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Re: ERROR: All TAP-Windows adapters on this system are currently in use.

Post by TinCanTech » Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:41 pm

This is not an installation issue.

Try using --dev-node in your config, see the manual for usage.

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