Windows: The comprehensive guide on how to set system level proxy settings - including authentication - from the command line in modern versions of Windows
There are many cases where you might want to set the proxy of a Windows machine at the system level, so that all apps go through this proxy. If you've looked into this before, you've probably found that it's really easy - in the UI at least - simply go to Settings -> Network & internet -> Proxy and you can set it there. What isn't so obvious, at least in modern versions of Windows, is how to set the proxy via the command line - there are plenty of situations where you might want to do this to automate proxy set up. The main problem is that, they way in which the system level proxy and authentication is set at the system level, has changed in modern versions of Windows - so lots of information about it on the internet, is out of date. ⏬ Skip to solution 👥 Setting the proxy at the user level Setting the proxy server So, first thing's first, we need to set the proxy server address. In Windows, most of the proxy settings are stored at the following address i...