Deprecated Proxy Configuration Tools

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Application Manager

For this operating system compatibility test, the Windows Installer database is scanned for the presence of registry entries or files that refer to ProxyCfg.exe. The extensions of files that are scanned are .vbs and .cmd.

Test Group/Test Category

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0338—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 8.1 (32-Bit)

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0438—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 8.1 (64-Bit)

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2838—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-1809 (and 2019 LTSC) (32-Bit)

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5638—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-20H2 (32-Bit)

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5838—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-21H1 (32-Bit)

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7038—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-21H2 (32-Bit)

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7238—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-22H2 (32-Bit)

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2938—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-1809 (and 2019 LTSC) (64-Bit)

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5738—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-20H2 (64-Bit)

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5938—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-21H1 (64-Bit)

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7138—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-21H2 (64-Bit)

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7338—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 10-22H2 (64-Bit)

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6738—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 11-21H2 (64-Bit)

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7438—Operating System Compatibility/Windows 11-22H2 (64-Bit)

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0538—Operating System Compatibility/Windows Server 2012

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0638—Operating System Compatibility/Windows Server 2016

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1038—Operating System Compatibility/Windows Server 2019

Severity

Warning

Messages

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This Windows Installer database contains a reference to deprecated ProxyCfg.exe file in script [FILE_NAME] (Table: File, Key: [FILE_KEY]).

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This Windows Installer database contains a reference to deprecated ProxyCfg.exe file in registry entry [REGISTRY_KEY]\[REGISTRY_NAME] (Table: Registry, Key: [REGISTRY_ENTRY]).

Background

ProxyCfg.exe is a process that is associated with the Proxy Configuration Tool for Windows HTTP Services from Microsoft. In Windows Vista and later systems, this file is not a part of the operating system; it was replaced by netsh.exe.

Resolution

The following resolutions are available.

Manual Fix

References to ProxyCfg.exe should be replaced with the corresponding netsh.exe commands.

Basic Auto Fix

References to ProxyCfg.exe are replaced with the corresponding netsh.exe commands in a Windows Installer transform.

This fix is enabled by default.

Advanced Auto Fix

No resolution is available.