Alex discovered . He added a backup proxy (a slower, free one) and enabled "Bypass proxy when all servers are unavailable" as a last resort. Proxifier would now automatically fall back to Direct if both proxies died.
After installing Proxifier, Alex opened it. The main window looked like a blank control panel. The first rule of Proxifier: No traffic goes through the proxy until you tell it to. proxifier guide
Now go proxy something.
Back home a week later, Alex disabled Proxifier (File → Exit). But he saved his configuration as work-travel.ppx . Now, any time he lands in a restrictive network, he double-clicks that file, and within two seconds: his tools work, his music stays local, and his DNS doesn’t leak. Alex discovered
Proxifier is not a VPN. It doesn’t hide your IP from your ISP at the system level—only the apps you specify. Use it to choose , not to blanket . That’s the power. After installing Proxifier, Alex opened it