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IE5 Proxy Exceptions Disappear

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by adam

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I use IE5 in the office connecting via a Proxy server. I therefore specify a proxy server and exceptions for intranet sites. Occasionally I use a dial-up connection from home to an ISP (Freenet) to connect to a VPN connection.

When I return to the office I find that the proxy server settings I had have been deleted - i.e the IP Address and the list of exceptions. I've tried Freenet support to no avail.

I chose Freenet because you dont need to install a bespoke copy of IE5 - I can just use the one I had installed originally - it's a simple dial up setting to connect.

Does anyone have any ideas to stop this happening OR any ideas how to create a simple script that can re-add these settings (say an .exe I can put on my desktop).
Thanks for any help
Adam Gill

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by rsp

Not sure why this happens, but it's relatively easy to reinstate the settings:

Set it up correctly, then use regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Click on the Internet Settings key, then export it to a .reg file using Registry/Export Registry File menu item.

You can then just double-click on the file, or write a one-line batch file in the Startup group with the following:

regedit /s ExportedRegistryFile.reg

Richard

by rsp

Small addendum:

If you only want to replace the proxy settings, you could edit the .reg file and just leave in the lines for ProxyEnable, ProxyOverride, ProxyServer along with the first 3 lines of the file.

Otherwise, any other changes you make will be overwritten when you next double-click the file.

by adam

Thanks for your reply - I have gone down this route - still cannot understanbd why the exceptions disappear in the first place ?

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