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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark 0.99.5pre2 Win32 install problem

From: Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:30:55 +0000
elmer wrote:
> Hi,
> I have just downloaded and installed this pre-release over my previous 
> 0.99.3 install (with administrator rights).
> Installer prompts to associate various file types to WireShark: accept 
> it ...
> But I notice that (at least) one the listed file type is not correctly 
> registered after install: ".cap"
> 
> List of correctly registered file type (registry dig after install)
> .5vw .acp .apc .atc .erf .pcap .pkt .snoop .syc .tpc .tr1 .trace .wpc .wpz
> 
> At least .cap file type is not correctly registered.
> I don't know if there are other missing file type.
> As I have installed this new release over a previous one, may be some 
> associations are coming from an older Wireshark install.
> 

FYI,

In a cmd prompt:

assoc | find "wireshark"

will dig out all associations to wireshark

-- 
Regards,

Graham Bloice