wpc

Effective proxy management on Windows is crucial if you want enhanced control over your network connections. Proxies act as intermediaries between a user's device and the Internet, offering a range of benefits, such as improved security, privacy, and network performance.

While Windows does offer a built-in method for proxy management, the traditional approach is cumbersome, limiting you to handling only one proxy configuration at a time. Luckily, there are numerous third-party tools out there that can lend a hand with managing your private connections.

wpc could serve as a handy tool for those who prefer command-line interactions and need a straightforward solution for proxy management. The application is not overly complicated and offers four main options, starting with the query command, which help you retrieve information about the current proxy configuration.

You can set your system to use a direct connection that bypasses the proxy via the direct command. It goes without saying that the option comes in handy when you already trust the destination server, and you only care about speed.

You can also do the exact opposite and reroute all your traffic via a global proxy that you know and trust using the global command. Alternatively, you can configure the system to use a Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) script hosted at the specified URL.