Windows system-wide proxy settings can be applied via Internet options | Connections | LAN settings. This setting can also be applied using the netsh commands, as shown in the following steps:
- Start cmd as administrator
- Run netsh winhttp set proxy 127.0.0.1:8080
- To check if the settings have been applied, run the following command:
netsh winhttp show proxy
- To reset the proxy, run:
netsh winhttp show proxy