| If you want to… | Do this in Proxifier | |----------------|----------------------| | Proxy only specific apps | Use Applications: field with .exe names | | Avoid proxying local traffic | Add rules with Target Hosts: 192.168.*.*; 127.0.0.1 → Action: Direct | | Debug what’s going where | Watch the log | | Never proxy a certain domain | Add a rule with that domain → Direct (above the proxy rule) | | Force all traffic through proxy | Keep only one rule: * → Proxy (but not recommended) |
He saved the profile. He opened Chrome. The coffee shop’s block page was gone. His company dashboard loaded instantly. He opened VS Code—the GitHub clone started working.
He clicked Profile > Proxification Rules . This is the heart of Proxifier. He saw one default rule: * (all traffic) → Direct . proxifier guide
Back home a week later, Alex disabled Proxifier (File → Exit). But he saved his configuration as work-travel.ppx . Now, any time he lands in a restrictive network, he double-clicks that file, and within two seconds: his tools work, his music stays local, and his DNS doesn’t leak.
Alex went to . He chose: Resolve hostnames through proxy (for SOCKS5). Now every DNS lookup also went through the encrypted tunnel. | If you want to… | Do this
After installing Proxifier, Alex opened it. The main window looked like a blank control panel. The first rule of Proxifier: No traffic goes through the proxy until you tell it to.
One day, the proxy server went down. His apps just hung. No error, no fallback. His company dashboard loaded instantly
Now go proxy something.
But then he saw something strange. In the Proxifier main window, under , a line kept popping up: Spotify.exe → *.spotify.com → Proxy SOCKS5 . Why is Spotify routing through his work proxy?