Below the icons, you will see a banner reading Welcome to Wireshark. Underneath the banner, you will see the label Open, which will identify any previously opened packet captures that are available. If you right-click on a file, you will have the following choices:

• Show in Folder
• Copy file path
• Remove

While in Windows, if you select Show in Folder, as shown here, you can select a file and then drag it onto the Wireshark screen and the file will open:

Once you begin capturing packets, you may have a dozen or so files in the Open file area. Although the files are shortcuts for ease of access, they may be distracting:

If you want to remove the files, go to the menu File | Open Recent | Clear Menu, as shown in the preceding screenshot.

Next, let's take a look at the options for gathering network traffic.