"Connecting to the local server"..fails

[Remah]

Your error message suggests that GlassWire.exe, the main window for GlassWire, is unable to communicate to the GlassWire services.

I know how frustrating problems like this are so I searched this forum for similar issues. You might like to try the following options that have helped to sort out similar problems for other users including myself.

Is GlassWire tray icon visible?

Do you have a GlassWire icon visible in your system tray (also called the notification area) at the righthand end of the task bar? If you do, then try restarting GlassWire

@Servo_GlassWire

If the problem still persists and the GlassWire service is running, please try to shutdown the GlassWire application (tray icon menu->exit) and then launch it again.

Is the GlassWire Control Service running?

If GlassWire still can’t connect then you can run Windows Task Manager to see if the GlassWire services are running and using CPU:

@thewan

Sounds like the Glasswire service is not running or did not run properly. Can you check whether is the service running? Open your start menu, type in “services.msc” and press enter. Look for the Glasswire service, is it running?

There are two GlassWire services that should be running:

• GlassWire Computer Idle Monitor (GWIdlMon.exe)
• GlassWire Control Service (GWCtlSrv.exe)

Restart the GlassWire Control Service

If the GlassWire Control Service won’t run then maybe try to restart it:

@Ken_GlassWire

Please right click the taskbar and choose “task manager” then “Services” and right click the GlassWire Control Service and start it manually. Is it possible your antivirus is blocking GlassWire? What antivirus do you use?

Is the Windows Firewall BFE service running?

If the GlassWire Control Service still won’t run then maybe check to see if the Windows Firewall Base Filtering Engine (BFE) is running:

@Servo_GlassWire

We discussed this problem in detail and it appears that you should try opening services and set the Base Filtering Engine service’s startup type to Automatic and launch the service. After that
you should be able to start the GlassWire service.

Open Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar and then clicking Task Manager. Click the Services tab to see the services that are currently running under your user account.