Proxifier Guide 〈GENUINE • How-To〉

| If you want to… | Do this in Proxifier | |----------------|----------------------| | Proxy only specific apps | Use Applications: field with .exe names | | Avoid proxying local traffic | Add rules with Target Hosts: 192.168.*.*; 127.0.0.1 → Action: Direct | | Debug what’s going where | Watch the log | | Never proxy a certain domain | Add a rule with that domain → Direct (above the proxy rule) | | Force all traffic through proxy | Keep only one rule: * → Proxy (but not recommended) |

Now go proxy something.

After installing Proxifier, Alex opened it. The main window looked like a blank control panel. The first rule of Proxifier: No traffic goes through the proxy until you tell it to. proxifier guide

Alex discovered . He added a backup proxy (a slower, free one) and enabled "Bypass proxy when all servers are unavailable" as a last resort. Proxifier would now automatically fall back to Direct if both proxies died. | If you want to… | Do this

Alex went to . He chose: Resolve hostnames through proxy (for SOCKS5). Now every DNS lookup also went through the encrypted tunnel. The first rule of Proxifier: No traffic goes

Alex’s browser loaded a “Blocked by CoffeeShopWiFi” page. Proxifier wasn’t magic—it’s a rule engine. By default, it lets everything go Direct .

A Proxifier Guide (Told as a Story)