Can't use Blokada Plus on Windows

I am having issues with getting WireGuard activated with the tunnel configuration file generated by Blokada.org devices page.

I click on activate button in WireGuard and I am presented the following error:


Tunnel Error

The binding handle is invalid.

Please consult the log for more information.

OK

LOGFILE:

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2021-02-04 12:57:14.682691: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Starting WireGuard/0.3.5 (Windows 10.0.17763; amd64)
2021-02-04 12:57:14.682706: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Watching network interfaces
2021-02-04 12:57:14.685674: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Resolving DNS names
2021-02-04 12:57:14.685674: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Creating Wintun interface
2021-02-04 12:57:14.803131: [TUN] [Blokada-212] [Wintun] CreateAdapter: Creating adapter
2021-02-04 12:57:15.101256: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Using Wintun/0.10
2021-02-04 12:57:15.101256: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Enabling firewall rules
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Dropping privileges
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Creating interface instance
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Setting interface configuration
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: event worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: TUN reader - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.125510: [TUN] [Blokada-212] UAPI: Updating private key
2021-02-04 12:57:15.126041: [TUN] [Blokada-212] UAPI: Removing all peers
2021-02-04 12:57:15.126041: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - UAPI: Created
2021-02-04 12:57:15.126041: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - UAPI: Updating endpoint
2021-02-04 12:57:15.126041: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - UAPI: Updating persistent keepalive interval
2021-02-04 12:57:15.126041: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - UAPI: Removing all allowedips
2021-02-04 12:57:15.126041: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - UAPI: Adding allowedip
2021-02-04 12:57:15.126041: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - UAPI: Adding allowedip
2021-02-04 12:57:15.126041: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Bringing peers up
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127099: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: receive incoming IPv4 - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127099: [TUN] [Blokada-212] UDP bind has been updated
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127099: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - Starting...
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127099: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Monitoring default v4 routes
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127099: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: receive incoming IPv6 - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127099: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - Routine: sequential sender - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127099: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - Routine: sequential receiver - started
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127099: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Binding v4 socket to interface 22 (blackhole=false)
2021-02-04 12:57:15.127627: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Setting device v4 addresses
2021-02-04 12:57:15.128151: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Monitoring default v6 routes
2021-02-04 12:57:15.128151: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Binding v6 socket to interface 0 (blackhole=true)
2021-02-04 12:57:15.128669: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Setting device v6 addresses
2021-02-04 12:57:15.131202: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Listening for UAPI requests
2021-02-04 12:57:15.131202: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Startup complete
2021-02-04 12:57:15.131202: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Unable to set interface addresses, routes, dns, and/or interface settings: The binding handle is invalid.
2021-02-04 12:57:15.136213: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - Sending handshake initiation
2021-02-04 12:57:15.303268: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Device closing
2021-02-04 12:57:15.326123: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: TUN reader - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.454643: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: event worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: receive incoming IPv4 - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: receive incoming IPv6 - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - Stopping...
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - Routine: sequential sender - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] peer(sSYT…A5B4) - Routine: sequential receiver - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: handshake worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: encryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Routine: decryption worker - stopped
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Interface closed
2021-02-04 12:57:15.456238: [TUN] [Blokada-212] Shutting down
2021-02-04 12:57:15.458383: [MGR] [Blokada-212] Tunnel service tracker finished

You may have no permissions on your system. Maybe you need superuser perms?

I am an administrator, and I also right-clicked and selected “run as administrator.” What permissions would be required. I might have something disabled via Group Policy editor.

Unfortunately neither of us are Windows users.

I’ve never seen this issue before and it seems hard to find something useful on the web.
Perhaps there’s someone in the community that could chime in? Or if the WireGuard community is able to help.

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