How to configure Fiddler to listen to localhost?

Question

I want to monitor HTTP traffic between a process on my local machine and another (server) process, also running on my local machine.

How can I configure Fiddler to

Answer 1

Add a dot . after the localhost.

For example if you had http://localhost:24448/HomePage.aspx

Change it to http://localhost.:24448/HomePage.aspx

Internet Explorer is bypassing the proxy server for "localhost". With the dot, the "localhost" check in the domain name fails.