Setting Proxy settings in IE using PowerShell
Whenever I go to a client and need to plugin to their network, I would find myself typing in proxy settings to get internet access. In IE, that would be in Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings. When I'm back in the office and plugged in to my corporate network, these settings get overridden to valid values in my corp network. Given that I regularly visit my client, you can see how I have to do this dance every now and then.
So out with my PowerShell toolbox to hammer together my "set-proxysettings.ps1" script.
First, I had to find where IE stores these settings in the registry. I used regmon for that.
Once I had the registry settings, the rest was easy.
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cd HKCU:\"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings"
set-itemproperty . ProxyEnable 1
set-itemproperty . ProxyServer <proxy server:port>
set-itemproperty . ProxyOverride "<local>"
new-itemproperty . AutoConfigURL
set-itemproperty . AutoConfigURL <autoconfig url> |
So whenever I'm at my client's site, I just run my powershell script to set my proxy settings.
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