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Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key

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Marion wrote:
> I go to trouble and time and effort to write my Usenet posts because I'm
> kind hearted enough to care that everyone gets excellent researched data.
> 
> That's also why I post to multiple related newsgroups, as it can take 
> hours to write and test this so I wish to leverage it to many people.

Moving the ball forward so that everyone benefits from every thread... 

My first test of Allan's excellent suggestion to use Proxy Bridge was to 
first connect to any free no-registration VPN (openvpn), and then to connect 
to a free no-registration proxy (psiphon) and then to set up the proxifier 
(proxyblock) to proxify apps that aren't normally proxified.

A. First, you have to set up the global settings in Proxy Bridge:
    ProxyBridge:Proxy > Proxy Settings
     Proxy Type = SOCKS5
     Proxy IP Address = 127.0.0.1
     Proxy Port = 1080
     Username = <blank>
     Password = <blank>
     [SAVE]

B. Then, you have to add each proxified executable.
     ProxyBridge:Proxy > Proxy Rules > [+]Add Rule
      Applications = brave.exe; ungoogled-chromium.exe; stunnel.exe
      Target hosts = * (i.e., all destinations are proxied)
      Target ports = * (i.e., all ports, but you could just do 80; 443-444)
      Protocol = TCP (i.e., UDP and both UDP/TCP are options)
      Action = PROXY (other options are DIRECT or BLOCK)

C. The problem with ProxyBridge is those settings aren't saved. :(
   To save those settings, you need to create this proxybridge.json file:
 {
  "_comment1": "C:\\app\\network\\proxy\\proxybridge\\proxybridge.json 20251022 version 1.0",
  "_comment2": "C:\\app\\network\\proxy\\proxybridge.exe --config proxybridge.json",
  "proxies": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "type": "socks5",
      "host": "127.0.0.1",
      "port": 1080
    }
  ],
  "rules": [
    {
      "process": "brave.exe",
      "action": "proxy",
      "proxyId": 1
    },
    {
      "process": "ungoogled-chromium.exe",
      "action": "proxy",
      "proxyId": 1
    },
    {
      "process": "stunnel.exe",
      "action": "proxy",
      "proxyId": 1,
      "ports": "119,563"
    }
  ]
 }

It takes a while to get the json syntax correct so test it with this:
  PS> Get-Content C:\app\network\proxy\proxybridge\proxybridge.json | ConvertFrom-Json | Out-Null
      if ($?) { Write-Host "Valid JSON" } else { Write-Host "Invalid JSON" }
  Reports: Valid JSON

D: Now you can restart Proxy Bridge with the saved settings.
   C:\app\network\proxy\proxybridge\ProxyBridge.exe --config C:\app\network\proxy\proxybridge\proxybridge.json

But I'm still having trouble getting the settings to be saved.
ProxyBridge initialized successfully
 [17:26:13] ProxyBridge service started successfully
 [17:26:13] DNS routing: via proxy
 [17:26:13] Local proxy listening on port 34010
 [17:26:13] UDP relay listening on port 34011
 [17:26:13] UDP ASSOCIATE not available yet - will retry when needed
 [17:26:13] ProxyBridge started
 [17:26:13] Local relay: localhost:34010
 [17:26:13] SOCKS5 proxy: :0
 [17:26:13] No rules configured - all traffic will be direct

Anyone have experience with saving the ProxyBridge settings?

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PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <mariona@fact.com> - 2025-10-22 10:51 -0700
  Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-10-22 15:41 -0500
    Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-22 17:07 -0600
      Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-22 17:29 -0600
        Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-22 18:08 -0600
          Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-23 12:36 -0600
            Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-10-23 17:35 -0500
              Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-23 23:29 -0600
                Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Hank Rogers <invalid@nospam.com> - 2025-10-24 05:48 +0000
                Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionc@facts.com> - 2025-10-24 00:06 -0600
                Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-10-24 09:09 +0100
                Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionc@facts.com> - 2025-10-24 03:30 -0600
                Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-10-24 11:56 +0100
                Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionc@facts.com> - 2025-10-24 05:15 -0600
  Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-10-22 15:41 -0500
    Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-22 15:26 -0600
      Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-10-22 18:56 -0500
        Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-22 18:21 -0600
        Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-10-23 01:23 +0100
          Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-22 19:09 -0600
            Re: PSA: You may be surprised what's in your HKCU:Run registry key Marion <marionb@fact.com> - 2025-10-22 21:08 -0600

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