Jelle Druyts

Interestingly, I seem to have a near-yearly rhythm of releasing new versions of Proxy Monitor. This minor release adds the "skipAutoDetect" attribute to support proxies that are only set manually, and I also (think I) fixed the bug where Interet Explorer would override the proxy settings again (at random) to their previous values.

Proxy Monitor is a small application that monitors the network and auto-detects the internet proxy server to use. It can be started as a regular application, which will make it run as an icon in the system notification area. When started, it will auto-detect the proxy server to use. It will also automatically re-detect the proxy server when the computer’s network address has changed. The application can also be run from the command-line with the /detect flag to auto-detect the proxy and exit immediately (e.g. when the computer starts up).

You can download the tool below. Don't hesitate to contact me for suggestions or bug reports!

The ProxyMonitor 1.2 executable (103 KB)

The ProxyMonitor 1.2 source code (104 KB)

You can also view the Readme file online.

Due to numerous feature requests (hey Brian, hi Sven), I've added two features to Proxy Monitor: the possibility to set the proxy bypass list, and the option to disable notifications (balloon tips) when the proxy changed. So this is basically a small upgrade to version 1.1.

Proxy Monitor is a small application that monitors the network and auto-detects the internet proxy server to use. It can be started as a regular application, which will make it run as an icon in the system notification area. When started, it will auto-detect the proxy server to use. It will also automatically re-detect the proxy server when the computer’s network address has changed. The application can also be run from the command-line with the /detect flag to auto-detect the proxy and exit immediately (e.g. when the computer starts up).

You can download the tool below. Don't hesitate to contact me for suggestions or bug reports!

The ProxyMonitor 1.1.0 executable (101 KB)

You can also view the Readme file online.

Getting tired of switching your Internet Explorer proxy settings every time you plug your laptop in your home network after a day's work? Or when connecting to the corporate VPN that uses yet another proxy server? Then I've got the tool for you...

Proxy Monitor is a small application that monitors the network and auto-detects the internet proxy server to use. It can be started as a regular application, which will make it run as an icon in the system notification area. When started, it will auto-detect the proxy server to use. It will also automatically re-detect the proxy server when the computer’s network address has changed. The application can also be run from the command-line with the /detect flag to auto-detect the proxy and exit immediately (e.g. when the computer starts up).

It's taken me a while to release this tool, but the good news is that I've been using it every day for over two months so I guess that counts as an extensive beta period

You can download the tool below. Don't hesitate to contact me for suggestions or bug reports!

The ProxyMonitor 1.0.60905 executable (101 KB)

You can also view the Readme file online.