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I was programming an proxy server and I noticed mIRC does not even attempt to connect to it when set in the options. Using the new miRC 7.65

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I just tested the proxy feature in mIRC with FreeProxy and WinGate and it worked fine with both of them.

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The proxy functionality works with the mirc I installed in to "~\Documents\mirc765\mirc\mirc.exe" but not with the one installed to "c:\program files (x86)\mirc\mirc.exe" with portable option disabled.

I am connecting to 127.0.0.1 on port 12345

It doesn't look like the connection attempt is blocking. It is a very rapid Unable to Connection error message.

I disabled Avast protection for 10 minutes during the test.


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Try running that mirc.exe with admin right, if it works, it would be because you're using mirc.exe from a directory where you cannot do anything without such right.


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Running it with admin rights didn't help. I also tried older versions of mirc and they also did *not* work from the C:\Program Files (x86)\mIRC\ folder.
I also cannot /sockopen test 127.0.0.1 12345 but if mIRC is anywhere else it works just fine.


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This means that something on your computer is blocking the mIRC installed in the program files folder from connecting to the proxy.

Note that some anti-virus software will continue to run in the background to block what it considers critical issues even if you disable them.


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