Click on the OpenVPN GUI shortcut with right mouse button and choose "Settings". A window with shortcut settings will open, then open tab "Compatibility" and check the checkbox on "Run this application with administrator rights" .
The only explanation for the "route print" output you show is two openvpn processes running at the same time (should be easy to verify using resource monitor) - if you use the openvpn service, it will run openvpn processes for *all* .ovpn files it can find, so if you have two configs, you'll get two processes. This is more broken than the previous comment indicates. Currently on Windows 7, if you go through the Windows installer, drop files into the config directory, then double-click to run OpenVPN GUI, it will act like it's successfully connected, but fail to route any traffic. ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: One or more arguments are not correct. [if_index=18] Route addition via IPAPI failed. Solution: add the following to the end of the configuration (ovpn) file: route-method exe route-delay 2. written by MG \\ tags: openvpn, Windows On the WAN/ tunnel IP side, the tunnel will say it is connected so I am thinking the issue is the line that says: ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: The parameter is incorrect. I tried a different WiFi network (my phone) and a wired one where I am remote but it does not seem to be local LAN IP ranges. Mar 10, 2010 · "ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry" in Windows Vista. Same applies to Windows 7. The solution is: fetch the last OpenVPN (which includes OpenVpn GUI), add “run as an administrator” rights to the executable, that’s it. Max
[status=87 if_index=79] Sun Nov 08 10:50:50 2015 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive] Sun Nov 08 10:50:50 2015 Route addition fallback to route.exe Sun Nov 08 10:50:50 2015 env_block: add PATH=C:\Windows\System32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem Sun Nov 08 10:50:50 2015 C:\WINDOWS\system32\route.exe ADD 172.16.101.0 MASK 255.255.255.0
OpenVPN Robust and flexible VPN network tunnelling Brought to you by: dazo Tue Dec 08 14:17:15 2015 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry : The object already exists. [status=5010 if_index=26] Tue Dec 08 14:17:15 2015 Route addition via IPAPI failed [adaptive] Tue Dec 08 14:17:15 2015 Route addition fallback to route.exe Click on the OpenVPN GUI shortcut with right mouse button and choose "Settings". A window with shortcut settings will open, then open tab "Compatibility" and check the checkbox on "Run this application with administrator rights" .
If you are using Windows Vista/7 and receive the below errors, 99% of the time this is caused by not running OpenVPN GUI as Administrator. Fri Jan 07 14:26:09 2011 ROUTE: route addition failed using CreateIpForwardEntry: Access is denied.
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