visual studio community proxy

Question

I am trying to use visual studio community behind a proxy, but I keep getting an error.

I have added the below to D:\myVisualStudioInstall\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config

    <system.net>
    <settings>
    <ipv6 enabled="false"/>
    <defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true" enabled="true">
    <proxy bypassonlocal="true" proxyaddress="http://myProxy.com:8080" />
    </defaultProxy>
    </settings>
    </system.net>

And I get the error at start up:

Unrecognized element 'defaultProxy'. (C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\devenv.exe.config line 1304)

Where have I gone wrong here? Everything I find online tells me that defaultProxy should be the name of this element, but maybe for the community edition there is some difference? I have already checked my credentials in the Windows Credentials Manager and it seems to work as IE isn't prompting me for them anymore.

Thanks

Answer 1

The defaultProxy element needs to sit directly under system.net, not inside settings. Move it there and it will work.