Support netowrk proxy settings for auto update downloading

[ZHLONG-CN]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

I am going to update the PowerToys by clicking update button, but something went wrong when download the install files because of my network problem. I need to setup HTTP proxy for updating.

Scenario when this would be used?

In the settings panel, when need proxy network to download install files.

Supporting information

It could be HTTP(s) proxy, Socks 4/5 proxy with url and port.

See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.webproxy

[davidegiacometti]

Hi @ZHLONG-CN
If you set a proxy in the Windows settings are you able to download the updates from PowerToys?
/needinfo

[ZHLONG-CN]

Hi @ZHLONG-CN If you set a proxy in the Windows settings are you able to download the updates from PowerToys? /needinfo

Yes.

But due to my environment, I can't use Windows proxy (as global proxy) all the time. At the end, I use proxifier proxy the powertoys.update.exe program to my proxy server.