C# auto detect proxy settings

Question

C# 2008 SP1

I am using the code to detect if a proxy has been set under \"Internet Options\". If there is a proxy then I will set this in my webclient.

So I

Answer 1

WebClient etc use the WinHTTP settings (not the IE settings), so the easiest thing to do is to configure WinHTTP! On XP etc you can use:

proxycfg -u

to import the current IE settings into the WinHTTP store. After that, WebClient etc should be able to use the same settings without issue. On Vista and Windows 7 this is now found under:

netsh winhttp import proxy ie

You need to run this as administrator.