Windows Command Line

Setting Proxy Environment Variables in CMD and PowerShell

Set proxy environment variables (https_proxy, HTTPS_PROXY, http_proxy, HTTP_PROXY) to http://localhost:1081 using both CMD and PowerShell.

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CMD Instructions

Temporary Settings (Session Only)

Run the following commands in a CMD terminal to set the variables for the current session:

set https_proxy=http://localhost:1081
set HTTPS_PROXY=http://localhost:1081
set http_proxy=http://localhost:1081
set HTTP_PROXY=http://localhost:1081

Persistent Settings

To persist the changes across system restarts, use the setx command:

setx https_proxy http://localhost:1081 /M
setx HTTPS_PROXY http://localhost:1081 /M
setx http_proxy http://localhost:1081 /M
setx HTTP_PROXY http://localhost:1081 /M

• The /M flag applies the settings system-wide (requires administrator privileges).
• Omit /M to apply the settings to the current user only.

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PowerShell Instructions

Temporary Settings (Session Only)

Run the following commands in a PowerShell terminal to set the variables for the current session:

$env:https_proxy = "http://localhost:1081"
$env:HTTPS_PROXY = "http://localhost:1081"
$env:http_proxy = "http://localhost:1081"
$env:HTTP_PROXY = "http://localhost:1081"

Persistent Settings

To make the changes persistent, set the variables in the user or system environment:

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("https_proxy", "http://localhost:1081", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("HTTPS_PROXY", "http://localhost:1081", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("http_proxy", "http://localhost:1081", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)
[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("HTTP_PROXY", "http://localhost:1081", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)

• Replace [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User with [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine for system-wide changes (requires administrator privileges).