I've just been trying to set up a VPN connection to my home network using a Netgear Nighthawk router. All going well until I get to finding the TAP-Windows adapter in Network Connections in the Control Panel. The TAP adapter isn't there; however, the files are in the correct folder in program files, it appears in Device Manager and in the Registry, complete with the tap0901 setting, which appears was an issue a while ago.
I've tried re-installing, restarting etc but without success. One website I found suggested the commands "Add a new TAP virtual ethernet adapter" and "Delete all TAP virtual ethernet adapters". The first one comes back with "tapinstall.exe failed" and the second "remove failed".
Any suggestions?
[Solved] TAP-windows adapter installed but not visible
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Re: TAP-windows adapter installed but not visible
Which version of Windows ?
Which version of Openvpn ?
Which version of Openvpn ?
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Re: TAP-windows adapter installed but not visible
Hi
Running Windows 10 (uptodate) and OpenVPN 2.4.7. I also tried with 2.4.6 but with the same results.
Denis
Running Windows 10 (uptodate) and OpenVPN 2.4.7. I also tried with 2.4.6 but with the same results.
Denis
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Re: TAP-windows adapter installed but not visible
These must be run as administrator.
You could try disabling your Anti-Virus ..
We do not have much information about Windows installation failures.
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Re: TAP-windows adapter installed but not visible
Thank you. I ran the tapinstall executable as administrator and I now see a correct TAP network connection.
Problem solved!
Denis
Problem solved!
Denis