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Use Windows proxy resolver
Supported versions
- On Windows since 84 or later
Description
This policy will be superseded by a similar feature in a future release. For more information, see https://crbug.com/1032820.
Use Windows to resolve proxies for all browser networking instead of the proxy resolver built into Microsoft Edge. The Windows proxy resolver enables Windows proxy features such as DirectAccess/NRPT.
This policy comes with the problems described by https://crbug.com/644030. It causes PAC files to be fetched and executed by Windows code, including PAC files set via the ProxyPacUrl policy. Since Network Fetches for the PAC file happen via Windows instead of Microsoft Edge code, network policies such as DnsOverHttpsMode will not apply to network fetches for a PAC file.
If you enable this policy, the Windows proxy resolver will be used.
If you disable or don't configure this policy, the Microsoft Edge proxy resolver will be used.
Supported features
- Can be mandatory: Yes
- Can be recommended: No
- Dynamic Policy Refresh: No - Requires browser restart
- Per Profile: No
- Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: Yes
Data type
- Boolean
Windows information and settings
Group Policy (ADMX) info
- GP unique name: WinHttpProxyResolverEnabled
- GP name: Use Windows proxy resolver
- GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge
- GP path (Recommended): N/A
- GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx
Example value
Enabled
Registry settings
- Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
- Path (Recommended): N/A
- Value name: WinHttpProxyResolverEnabled
- Value type: REG_DWORD
Example registry value
0x00000001