error creating the web proxy specified in the 'system.net/defaultproxy' configuration section

Question

I receive the error from a third party application exe. The Application is only a exe, no config file or others.

\"error creating the web proxy specified in the \'sy

Answer 1

In my case, I had a windows 2003 server and my .net 4.0 console application was placed on the "D" drive and I kept seeping this error when running it (it was trying to connect to a remote WCF service). As soon as I placed the application files on my "C" drive, everything worked. I have no idea why!