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There seems to be a file missing somewhere. Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. #I125 Installing NULL driver for "ROOT\NET\0000". Which gave a mundane error: devcon.exe failed.ĭevcon however, leaves a log file of its operation behind in %windir%\setupapi.log which included these lines: #E122 Device install failed.
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"C:\Program Files\TAP-Windows\bin\devcon.exe" install "C:\Program Files\TAP-Windows\driver\OemWin2k.inf" tap0901 This is the command being used to install each TAP NIC: Pretty simple stuff, you just use devcon.exe with the install argument, supply the inf file and then provide the device’s Hardware ID. In Windows XP, to install its inf file, TAP driver installation uses the built-in Windows Device Console (Devcon.exe).
#Cannot install tap driver windows 10 drivers
The drivers for this device are not installed. The yellow marked status with the code of 28 in the device manager was not promising either: The installation went smoothly up until TAP driver installation and then suddenly things went haywire:Īn error occurred installing the TAP device driver Recently I had to install OpenVPN on a system running Windows XP (Don’t ask). You may want to continue reading and give the very easy solution at the end of the article a try. Although this article mainly targets OpenVPN TAP driver installation issue, The problem is likely not limited to that specific driver.