jmzagorski/proxyswitch

Easily turn proxy on and off for windows and dev tools

ProxySwitch

turns internet proxy on/off through registry in windows. Plus does the some developer tools (see dev_on.bat)

thanks to StackOverflow

Setup

1. git clone https://github.com/jmzagorski/ProxySwitch.git <yourfolder>

2. right click your desktop and go to New -> Shortcut

3. The first box is: type the location of the item. Enter [yourfolder]\proxy_off.bat if your proxy is on or [yourfolder]\proxy_on.bat if your proxy is off

4. The second box is: type a name for this shortcut. Make sure it is called Proxy

5. Right click the new icon on your desktop and go to Properties. While on the Shortcut tab click Change Icon.... Browse to the on.ico if your proxy is on or the off.ico if your proxy is off.

   The script will change the icon from on to off (or off to on) when you click it.

Special Note for Dev tools

you need to have an environment variable called proxyserver.