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Asked: 2026-05-24T09:32:52+00:00

I am new to Python and would like to write a script to change

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I am new to Python and would like to write a script to change Windows proxy settings based on the network I am connected to. Is there any existing python module I can use? Appreciate your help.

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Sethu

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would use winreg and query the settings directly from the registry. 

     [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
 Settings] "MigrateProxy"=dword:00000001 
 "ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001
 "ProxyHttp1.1"=dword:00000000
 "ProxyServer"="http://ProxyServername:80" 
 "ProxyOverride"="<local>"

    For example, something like:

    import _winreg

def getProxy():
    proxy = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Internet Settings")
    server, type = _winreg.QueryValueEx(proxy, "ProxyServer")
    enabled, type = _winreg.QueryValueEx(proxy, "ProxyEnable")
    if enabled:
        return server
    return None
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